September 9, 2022 | Issue # 219 I was thrilled to have a call this week with U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh informing me that DOL was awarding $45 million to help 13 colleges expand access to training for good-paying jobs. This second round of Strengthening Community Colleges Training grants (SCCTG) will […]
CEO to CEO Newsletter #219
Community College Minute, September 6, 2022
CCMinute for September 6, 2022 ATE Impacts 2022-2023 is available free-of-charge to anyone who wishes to use it in conducting outreach around the ATE program’s successes. http://ateimpacts.net/book
College of Lake County Spotlight
AACC Comments on Prison Education Program Regulations
AACC Comments on Prison Education Program Regulations (PDF)
Community College Minute, August 23, 2022
CCMinute for August 23, 2022 The White House will hold a virtual briefing August 25 to discuss the workforce development needs of implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, especially the role of community colleges. Send questions prior to briefing through the registration link.
DataPoints: Developing diversity in nursing programs
The U.S. was already facing a growing shortage of nurses when Covid hit and accelerated the crisis. According to a recent Center for American Progress (CAP) report, the primary challenges that higher education institutions face in graduating more nurses are: a shortage of nurse educators, a lack of clinical placements for student nurses, and inadequate […]
DataPoints: Paying for college on their own
Sometimes it’s worth emphasizing the obvious: A larger percentage of community college students pay for their own education than students attending four-year colleges. But results from a new Cengage survey of 1,200 undergraduate students ages 18 to 44 (see graph below) show just how big the gap is between the two groups: 61% of four-year […]
Community College Minute, August 8, 2022
Happy Monday! @mattdembicki @coastmartha @highered @walterbumphus pic.twitter.com/gR3Nks1vIF — comm_college (@Comm_College) August 8, 2022