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Tesla Launches Manufacturing Training Program in Partnership with Austin Community College

A new Tesla manufacturing training program is coming to Austin. The Tesla START Manufacturing program at Austin Community College (ACC) will train students for a potential career at Tesla’s manufacturing facilities. In partnership with the Austin Community College District, Tesla will launch the 14-week program in August. Students will learn about advanced technologies like robotics and machine control systems. […]

Austin Community College

Program Helps Inmates Earn College Certificates Through Windward Community College

Seven inmates at the Women’s Community Correctional Center have received certificates from Windward Community College allowing them to pursue careers in counseling and community health services. Read More

Windward Community College

Cuyahoga Community College Opens Food Pantry for Student Needs

Cuyahoga Community College has opened a food pantry for students needing basic items, Cleveland.com reported. Read More

Cuyahoga Community College

STLCC Program Inspires Black Men Coping with College for First Time

Overcoming the academic achievement gap for many Black men begins with building a bridge to confidence in the classroom. Learning to say, “I can,” before declaring “I can’t,” is a key according to Franklyn Taylor, vice president for student affairs at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park. Read More

St. Louis Community College at Forest Park

Initiative at Prince George’s Community College Helps Men of Color Graduate, Succeed

A program at Prince George’s Community College is helping men of color graduate community college and go on to four-year institutions by meeting them where they are and helping them find their passion and purpose through mentorship, resources and support. “In 2009 we realized that Black and brown men were going to college at higher […]

Prince George’s Community College

High School Recipient of $40K Scholarship Asks That It Be Given to A Community College Student

A Massachusetts high school student made an unexpected announcement during her graduation ceremony last week when she asked that a $40,000 scholarship awarded to her be given to a student attending community college instead. “I am so very grateful for this. But I also know that I am not the one who needs this the […]

Higher Ed Enrollment Experience Steep Fall in Spring 2021, Community Colleges Suffering Brunt

Higher ed enrollment suffered massive decline for the spring 2021 academic term, falling by 3.5% – 603,000 students, according to a new report by The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC). This decline stands a staggering seven times larger than last year’s decline – Spring 2020 saw a 0.5% decrease and Spring 2019 saw a […]

Thanks, But No Thanks: Why Community Colleges Are Resisting $170 Million

Rarely are college bean-counters skeptical of receiving more money, but a plan to give California’s community college system hundreds of millions of dollars for faculty is dividing finance officials and professors. For college financial officials, the new money would come at an inopportune time: Enrollment plunged across the 116-college system by 11% last fall as […]

Evan Hawkins, executive director of the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges

Iowa Community College Closed Indefinitely Following Cyber Attack

An Iowa community college remains closed in the wake of a cybersecurity incident. Monday was the third day of canceled classes for all Des Moines area community college campuses as officials work to restore services. Read More

Cardona Promotes Vaccine, Free Tuition in Detroit-Area Visit

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is visiting community colleges in Dearborn and Warren on Tuesday to encourage young people to get the COVID-19 vaccine and to highlight the Biden administration’s effort to provide two years of free college. Cardona’s first visit to Michigan included a stop at Henry Ford College, where he toured the college’s vaccine clinic and spoke to community […]

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona

Fresno-Area Community Colleges Could Lose Millions as Enrollment Plunges During COVID

As enrollment declines during the pandemic, community colleges face losing a chunk of their budgets in the years to come if students don’t come back, according to State Center Community College officials. State Center is down about 3,200 full-time students, according to Cheryl Sullivan, vice chancellor of finance and administration. She spoke about the 2021-2022 […]

State Center Community College

New Program to Help Students Pay for Tuition at All North Carolina Community Colleges

Paying for college isn’t easy. In an era where the pandemic impacted everyone either mentally, physically, financially – or maybe on all three fronts – for some, finding money for higher education is more challenging than ever. But there’s new help. Read More

Gov. Roy Cooper

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Jobmarket

Graduate Job Market Hits Five-Year Low as Skills Gap Widens Between Higher Ed and Employers

Higher Ed Joins March on Wall Street to Defend DEI Programs

Most States Fail to Adequately Support Newly-Arrived Immigrant Students, New Report Finds

America's $1.7 Trillion Moral Crisis: A Searing Indictment of Higher Education’s Broken Promise