When it comes to finding a job after graduation, few things can help students get a foot in the door faster than a well-placed internship. That’s part of the thinking behind a new $1.2 million grant from JPMorgan Chase & Co. for California high school and community college students. Awarded to the Foundation for California […]

High schools that offer early college tracks, commonly called dual-enrollment programs, are a growing trend at the nation’s K-12 schools, especially for high-performing students who plan to pursue in-demand careers. In New York State, for example, the growth of six-year technology education and training programs, called P-TECHs (Pathways in Technology Early College High School), offer […]

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos created quite a stir last year when he predicted that drones would one day help the company deliver packages to its legions of customers. While that reality is still a ways off, the commercial market for unmanned aircraft is surging, and a handful of U.S. community colleges and other institutions have […]

When the North Carolina Community College System kicked off its SuccessNC initiative back in 2010, the goal was to use data and promising practices to create new policies that would raise the bar on student achievement across the state’s 58 community colleges. Little more than three years and several accolades later, educators are promoting a […]

When Arizona’s Maricopa Community Colleges revealed late last year that a breach of its system’s data network potentially compromised personal information and data belonging to more than 2.4 million employees, students, community members and other stakeholders, administrators sprang into action. They sent letters to those affected and agreed to spend upwards of $7 million on […]

As a huge segment of the U.S. manufacturing workforce approaches retirement (the average U.S. manufacturing worker is 50 or older, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics), U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez knows it’s only a matter of time before a mass exodus from the profession widens the nation’s already troublesome skills gap. That’s […]

There was a time, not long ago, when a community college education made all the difference for disadvantaged students. The thinking was simple: Get students through that open door, help them earn a certificate or a degree in a competitive job field and the opportunity was theirs for the taking. All they had to do […]

A lot has been written about the growing need for skilled manufacturing workers. After losing more than 15 percent of total U.S. manufacturing jobs during the height of the Great Recession, many of those to cheaper labor overseas, the nation’s manufacturing sector has proved remarkably resilient. Since the end of the recession the sector has […]