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Workforce Development

Get ready for the ‘new-collar’ workforce, where training can trump the traditional degree

As technology seeps into everything from teaching to manufacturing, skilled workers with two-year degrees in computer science, cyber security and software development are increasingly in demand – and supply is struggling to keep up. Hundreds of thousands of tech industry jobs are going unfilled, and companies are realizing that universities aren’t the only places they’ll […]

Workforce Development

Community college program gives military students credit for their service

Before Central Virginia Community College classes were set to start this fall Marine Zachary Farrell stopped by the school’s Veterans Resource Center to go over his military transcript. The move, which introduced him to the Credits2Careers program and saved him from taking an unnecessary class, is one CVCC is hopes it can get more veterans […]

Peralta Community College District earns lowest fiscal rating; placed on watch

The Peralta Community College District is in financial trouble and will need “enhanced monitoring” by its accreditors, who found the district and its four East Bay colleges achieving the lowest possible score on tests of fiscal health, The Chronicle has learned. The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges gave the $150 million college district […]

Pasadena City College’s incoming president says listening first on her agenda

Pasadena City College will soon have a new president, veteran community college leader and historian Erika A. Endrijonas. Her first order of business? Checking in with students, faculty, staff and residents of the communities served by PCC. “The first thing I’m going to do is basically listen — talk to the various communities and constituencies, […]

Engineering Academy expands to all Dallas colleges

Students enrolled in STEM courses – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – at any college in the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) can now co-enroll in Texas A&M University’s acclaimed engineering program. The partnership between the Texas A&M-Chevron Engineering Academy and DCCCD is an innovative method of addressing the need to put more engineers […]

School board OKs concurrent enrollment at future facility

Plans are moving forward for a concurrent enrollment program that would allow Douglas County high school students to expedite a college degree or receive workforce training without leaving Castle Rock. At a Douglas County School Board meeting on Nov. 27, six board members — Anthony Graziano was absent — unanimously approved three pathways in the […]

Clark State students have saved $265,000 so far due to program

Clark State Community College has saved full-time students thousands of dollars in tuition cost over the last three years. The school announced that about $265,000 has been saved by students because of the college’s Tuition Challenge Program. The program’s goal is to award students who go to school full-time and are successful. Read more

Workforce Development

This community college plans to offer four-year degrees in Southern Kentucky

Students in Southern Kentucky will be able to get four-year degrees at Somerset Community College through partnerships with several universities, officials announced Monday. Leaders in the area have long wished for a public, four-year university in the Lake Cumberland region, saying it would make it easier for people to get bachelor’s degrees and would also […]

Seattle high-school graduates will get 2 free years of community college. Here’s how it will work.

Earlier this month, Seattle voters approved the city’s most expensive education levy ever. The tax includes a measure that gives future high-school graduates of Seattle Public Schools two years of community college tuition-free, no matter how much their families make. Seattle joins a wave of programs across the country that have been created by lawmakers, […]

EMCC, OCH and Oktibbeha County partner for EMT training

STARKVILLE — Officials from Oktibbeha County and East Mississippi Community College gathered at OCH Regional Medical Center Nov. 28, to mark a collaboration that will provide members of the Oktibbeha County Fire Department an opportunity to earn their emergency medical technician (EMT) certification without leaving the county. OCH emergency room physicians, nurses and paramedics will […]

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Mitchell Community College’s student IDs might not count for voting

Mitchell Community College officials say it’s unclear whether the identification cards it issues to students will meet voting ID requirements under a proposed bill making its way through the N.C. General Assembly. The bill, approved Thursday by the Senate and now headed to the House, would let voters use photo IDs issued by a state […]

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Report: Aligning K-12 and Community Colleges for Student Success

Accelerate academic transitions, extend navigational supports and serve as career bridges are three principal recommendations of a new resource guide focused on aligning the K-12 system and community colleges for student success. Released by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT), the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and Education Strategy Group (ESG), the report […]

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Cerritos College

Amanda Fuchs Miller

What Colleges and Universities Should Take Away from What Happened at UVA

Moody's: Federal Policies on International Students Pose Credit Risk to Higher Ed Sector

Report: U.S. Faces Annual 712,000 Middle-Skills Credential Shortage

Michigan Task Force Unveils 12 Recommendations to Address College Student Basic Needs