Community colleges are committed to improving career opportunities for students. But that doesn’t mean they have to do this work on their own. As has become increasingly clear, some of the best job-training programs are formed through a shared responsibility with industry partners. That’s the hope at Austin Community College (ACC) in Texas, where administrators […]

White Mountains Community College (WMCC), in Berlin, N.H., faces a challenge common to many rural community colleges: It has a large service area — in this case, more than 3,000 square miles — and is located hours from the nearest metropolitan city. Given its remote location, the college has had to think creatively about how […]

For the past 10 years, jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have grown at a rate three times faster than non-STEM jobs throughout the United States. As community college leaders, one of the most important steps that we can take to help our students connect with jobs after graduation, is to provide them […]

Economists and job experts have been harping for years about the need for America to again become a maker nation, driven by its once proud manufacturing base. Perhaps nowhere is that need on greater display than in the hollowed out buildings and factories of Detroit. Once the cradle of America’s industrial strength, the city has […]

In an unprecedented large-scale collaboration, 30 State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges have joined forces with employers to create education and training programs to help students land high-demand jobs. Fueled by a $14.6 million federal grant, part of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training program, Johanna Duncan-Poitier, SUNY’s senior vice […]

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 […]