While most colleges serve nontraditional students, it’s community colleges that cater to larger proportions of low-income households and underrepresented minorities. First-generation students and individuals learning English also use two-year institutions as vital access points for…
Solutions for oil spills, HIV-1 treatments and a solar-powered refrigeration system to preserve life-saving medicines are among some of the innovative, STEM-based projects developed among the 12 finalist teams in this year’s Community College Innovation…
Community colleges learned a great deal about the strengths as well as the needs of their online programs during the Covid pandemic. As we know, community colleges were much better prepared to pivot to fully…
Tackling the teacher shortageAssessing how Covid has affected student mothersPathways to green careersA path toward a bachelor’s business degree Tackling the teacher shortage U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is encouraging states, colleges and K-12 schools…
At Portland Community College (PCC) in Oregon, the vital work of hundreds of employees providing students with an alternative to high-priced textbooks and classroom materials has paid off in a big way. During the 2019-21…
Digital technologies are an integral facet of human existence, changing how we find information, the way we communicate and even our behavior. This transition applies to education as well, with the continued growth of artificial…
The funding formula for Texas’ 50 community college districts has stayed virtually the same since 1973, while the state’s share of two-year schools’ total budgets has steadily declined from nearly two-thirds to less than one-quarter…
Mentor-Connect is opening its mentoring services to two-year college STEM faculty members who have not previously received a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. In the past, the Mentor-Connect mentoring…
There is no doubt that the Covid pandemic has resulted in a myriad of leadership lessons for community college presidents and governing boards across the nation. At Rogue Community College (RCC), located in southern Oregon,…
The U.S. Department of Energy estimates 43,000 new jobs will be created in the offshore wind market by 2030. The East Coast, and particularly the Northeast, is poised to benefit from this growing industry. The…