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Helping Community Colleges Fill Workforce Gaps
Short-term Pell Grants and funding for career and technical education infrastructure could go a long way in helping community colleges address the workforce needs of small businesses in their communities, leaders say.
Minority teens more likely than White teens to say graduating from college is important, according to Washington Post-Ipsos poll
Nearly 9 in 10 minority teens ages 14 to 18 said graduating from college is “very” or “fairly” important, compared with 75 percent of their White peers, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll.
California community college enrollment slid 15% in 2020-21, new data shows
Total enrollment in the California Community Colleges system fell an estimated 15% year over year in 2020-21, representing an overall decline of about 319,000 students, a system representative told state lawmakers this week.
How To Set Students Up for Success After Graduation
A completed bachelor’s degree remains the surest path to economic mobility — a fact that cuts across demographics and is true for first-generation students, lower-income students, and students of color — yet U.S. adults increasingly question whether a bachelor’s degree is worth the cost, time, and effort required to achieve it.
California Tries to Close the Gap in Math, but Sets Off a Backlash
Proposed guidelines in the state would de-emphasize calculus, reject the idea that some children are naturally gifted and build a connection to social justice. Critics say math shouldn’t be political.
Corporations, Community Colleges Partner on Cybersecurity Training
Corporations are increasingly partnering with community colleges to support cybersecurity education and training. The effort is meant to diversify and increase the ranks of the cybersecurity workforce.
Struggling to Fill a Dangerous and Growing Labor Gap
Students are enrolling in nursing programs as nurse shortages threaten hospitals across the country. But colleges and universities are having difficulty expanding their nursing programs because of limited funds, faculty and space.
For ed leaders, school-family relationships key to pandemic recovery
While the pandemic has increased opportunities and enthusiasm for school systems to redesign approaches for academic and non-academic supports, the funding pressures and exhaustion weighing on educators and families are obstacles that will need to be addressed to effect long-sustaining change, participants in The State of the American School District virtual panel said.
Women have been marginalized in the building trades. The infrastructure bill could change that
Advocates say the bill – along with workforce funding in Democrats’ domestic spending proposal – present an opportunity to bring down barriers that have long kept women and people of color from construction jobs.