Data compiled by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education reflect past and current trends in adult education. This year’s data show a nationwide decline in enrollment across Adult Basic Education (ABE), Adult Secondary Education (ASE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) in selected states. Check out our infographic […]

In 1997, when Jeff Rafn became president of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC), in Green Bay, minority students made up 17 percent of the local public-school system. “Just this year, that system has now become majority-minority,” Rafn says. The largest ethnic groups are Latino, followed by Native American and Hmong. The rising diversity of the […]

Editor’s Note: More and more community colleges are realizing what financial-literacy programs can do for students and the community at large. In this two-part series, we look at colleges that have had success in creating programs worth modeling. Read the first installment here. Below is the second part. A few years ago, Jefferson Community and […]

The Aspen Institute recently announced 150 community colleges eligible for the 2017 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The prize recognizes community colleges that have achieved strong student outcomes in four primary areas: certificate and degree completion; student learning; employment and earnings; and success for minority and low-income students. While each eligible institution has proved […]

Editor’s Note: More and more community colleges are realizing what financial-literacy programs can do for students and the community at large. In this two-part series, we look at colleges that have had success in creating programs worth modeling. The first part is below. In 2009, when Prince George’s Community College (PGCC), in Largo, Maryland, launched […]

The Aspen Institute recently announced 150 community colleges eligible for the 2017 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The prize recognizes community colleges that have achieved strong student outcomes in four primary areas: certificate and degree completion; student learning; employment and earnings; and success for minority and low-income students. While each eligible institution has proved […]

Most community colleges say up front, right in their mission statements, that they are committed to serving the communities in which they operate. From a student food bank to a community reading program, these five colleges live out that mission. San Jose City College, San Jose, California Program: African American/Latino/Pacific Islander/Native American Male Summit Program […]

According to the latest data reported in the Digest of Education Statistics, the percentage of black and Hispanic faculty members at public two-year colleges increased from 5.8 percent and 3.5 percent in 1995 to 8.1 and 5 percent in 2011, respectively. But with a population of 14 percent black students and 19 percent Hispanic students, […]

Certified Green Partners in Johnson County, Kansas, might be the obvious types of businesses that are leading and innovating with sustainability in mind, but among the seven groups recognized is the local community college, which has implemented multiple environmentally friendly and energy-saving programs on campus. “It’s very cool that the county government is looking for […]

At Central Community College (CCC), in Nebraska, everyone from top administrators to maintenance staff is required to participate in a professional development program to support student veterans. Called GRADES — Guiding Reintegration and Directing Educational Success for Veterans and Military Students through Faculty and Staff Professional Development — the program earned the college a Bellwether […]