Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill that would prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion offices in Texas public colleges and universities starting in 2024.
An amendment tacked onto the Assembly’s proposed stand-alone personal property tax legislation would eliminate property taxes for the Wisconsin Technical College System in favor of directing all tax dollars through the legislature.
“We support these programs that eliminate cost as a barrier to completion and know that these programs will pay dividends in a more educated citizenry and a robust workforce pipeline at the local level and beyond,” says Walter G. Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges.
All across California, but especially in rural areas and small cities scattered across the Central Coast, the Central Valley and the Far North, community college leaders push back at the notion that California is an easy place to be queer.
Sometimes overlooked and often unsung, Alabama’s community and technical colleges are on a roll. It is time they get the recognition they deserve as workhorses for the state’s economy.
Michael Martinez-Cruz represents a major shift in the workforce, enrolling in community college while in high school so he can graduate without student loan debt.
Through its partnership with YouthBuild AmeriCorps and Dutchess Community College (New York), Nubian Directions II offers teenagers the opportunity to earn their high school equivalency diploma, build skills in construction while collecting a paycheck and putting in 450 service hours.
“Returnships” are providing a pathway back to the workplace.
