Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a two-part series on IT pathway programs. Stay tuned for Part 2, which focuses on mentorship. Today, students in the IT pathway at Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC), near Shreveport, Louisiana, can intern at nine local companies — 14 starting in the fall. That experience alone is […]

Partnerships between high schools and community colleges are becoming more common these days, and now a California community college has reworked the formula by adding a software company into the mix. In California, Berkeley City College (BCC) is working with Skyline High School and software company SAP to pilot the first West Coast SAP 9–14 […]

Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a two-part series on community colleges and baccalaureate programs. Read the first article here. “It’s a very large cake batter with a lot of ingredients.” That’s how Pamela Luster, president of San Diego Mesa College, describes the multilayered process of developing the bachelor’s degree program in Health […]

Editor’s Note: This article, by James Melton, a media relations manager at Macomb Community College in Michigan, first appeared in the Community College Daily. A lot has changed since the days when automotive design legends Harley J. Earl and Frank Hershey put tail fins on Cadillacs. But while the demand for clay modeling – the […]

​Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on the Community College Daily and was written by its staff. At Lake Land College in Illinois, a special cohort of students will graduate this month with a certificate in management. These students, who work at Masterbrand Cabinets Inc., attended Lake Land through a special partnership between the company […]

Pulaski Technical College is the largest two-year college in Arkansas, serving roughly 9,000 students in the state’s central region and offering more than 90 degree and career pathways. “We serve a predominantly underserved population of students,” says Bentley Wallace, vice president of economic development. “It’s a racially diverse, high-needs population, with high Pell grant eligibility […]

As New England prepares for growth in the advanced manufacturing sector, some companies with an existing stronghold in industries like aerospace, navigation and precision machining struggle to find skilled workers. Advanced to Advantageous: The Case for New England’s Manufacturing Revolution, an April 2015 report by The New England Council and Deloitte Consulting LLP, says that, […]

Salt Lake Community College’s four-year apprenticeship programs in fields such as plumbing- and electrical-technology are growing, with benefits to both students and local employers. While this growth is largely a function of the economic recovery, trades program manager Ralph Tasker’s relentless promotion of these programs also has been key. Aiming to fill a widening skills […]

When Ivy Tech Corporate College wanted to know how it could better meet the skills needs of manufacturers in southern Indiana and around metro Louisville, Kentucky, the college teamed up with workforce-development board WorkOne to build an online survey of local employers. “Rather than dictating to the market, or listening to only a handful of […]

Global corporations are looking to community colleges to help train employees in the United States. One example is the work being done at Chattanooga State Community College, in Tennessee, in partnership with Volkswagen. The three-year program that train students to use specific Volkswagen operating procedures are reporting success, with 25 graduates already, and two classes […]