“I can’t do this; it’s not for me.” These were the words that Goldie Whaley uttered to herself not once but twice while attempting college. Whaley graduated from Cleveland High School in 2011 and enrolled at Cleveland State Community College that fall. After a hard class, she was discouraged and dropped out. In 2016, she […]

After a more than 20 years hiatus, Pell grants for people in prisons interested in pursuing higher education is back, and Portland Community College (PCC) is at the center of a state-funded program to help transition adults in custody back into society with the skills they need. A portion of a $2.8 million Future Ready […]

Launched in the summer of 2021, the MiraCosta College Transitions Scholars Program provides support for people impacted by incarceration. As part of the program, students join a cohort with students from similar backgrounds and are given access to financial, academic, and psychological resources to achieve personal and educational goals. Since its inception, the Transitions Scholars […]

With the pandemic years almost completely behind us, community colleges across the country now have several new challenges to work on. The large drop in student enrollment is the first. This began before the pandemic and became worse during the past three years. The following are the challenges ahead: Increase enrollments: Reach out to students […]

In the Green Mountain State, we are proud to have one of the highest high school graduation rates in the country. On the flip side, Vermont also has one of the lowest college-going rates. At the same time, employers across industries need workers with increasingly sophisticated skills; nearly all of Vermont’s most promising jobs and […]

The Rolling Raptor EduKitchen is providing experiential learning experiences for students in Montgomery College’s (MC’s) hospitality management program. The 26-foot-long mobile food lab arrived at the Maryland college in October. It is equipped with the most cutting-edge culinary equipment and technology to serve as a business lab. Its design enables students to develop a food […]

Many students stop short of achieving their community and technical college associate degrees. There are many reasons, such as dropping out of college to work, raise a family, running out of personal funds and/or being unable to master one or more required courses. The associate in general studies (AGS) is an option worth considering by colleges […]