Last spring, Lumina Foundation announced a new national goal to steer more Americans toward good-paying jobs: By 2040, 75% of adults in the U.S. workforce should have a college degree or credential of value leading…
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As production manager at Branch Medical Group, a medical equipment manufacturer based in Royersford, Pennsylvania, Brad Bouchard knows firsthand the demand for machinist computer numerically controlled (CNC) operators. His plant can’t hire them fast enough….
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Commentary: Let community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees American Enterprise Institute (blog) Instead of waiting around for four-year institutions to lower prices, policymakers should allow community colleges to apply their low-cost model to bachelor’s degrees. This…
When Michigan’s Montcalm Community College (MCC) launched its new exercise science degree this fall, the program gained immediate traction. Dual enrollment in local high schools quickly emerged as a cornerstone of the program, allowing students…
Here are 5 reasons why 2026 is an exciting year for community colleges University Business “Community colleges and technical colleges are becoming more than educational providers,” said Erika Liodice, executive director for the Alliance for…
For more than three decades, community colleges have been asked to do more with less while continually justifying their value to students, employers and policymakers. Since the 1990s, accountability reforms and performance‑based funding have elevated…