community colleges Archives

Overcoming data center industry staff shortages with skilled tradespeople

August 22, 2024 by Joe Minarik, DataBank

Community colleges and vocational schools could implement programs to introduce students to data center industry careers.

We often refer to the “silver tsunami” in the data center industry--a reference to the growing wave of older employees poised to retire and leave the workforce in…

Newsline

Carousel Digital Signage Achieves TX-RAMP Level 1 Certification

July 12, 2024 by ESchool News Staff

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – Carousel Digital Signage has achieved Level 1 Certification under the Texas Risk and Authorization Management Program (TX-RAMP), ... Read more

Newsline

Future of School Awards Scholarships to Students from 23 States

August 12, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Future of School (FoS), a national public charity focused on access to quality public education, today announced its 2020 Student ... Read more

College and Career Readiness

Closing the college and career readiness gap

January 25, 2023June 26, 2019 by eSchool News

Year after year, research suggests that high school students are unprepared for the rigors of college. The lack of proficiency ... Read more

District Management

Opinion: Community colleges must commit to change

October 27, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

A new report documents abysmally low student transfer and completion rates at California's two-year schools. Two L.A.-area campuses have already begun to make changes, say directors at the…

District Management

California schools cancel deal with online Kaplan University

September 1, 2010 by Maya Prabhu

California's community colleges have dropped a controversial plan that would have allowed their students to take some courses at the online Kaplan University and make it easier to…

District Management

Community colleges turn to online classes as enrollments spike

April 16, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Distance learning enrollment in American community colleges jumped by 22 percent during the 2008-09 academic year, an increase fueled in part by an influx of nontraditional students who…

District Management

$20 billion in ed funding slashed from student aid legislation

March 31, 2010March 29, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

In last-minute maneuvering designed to get the measure to pass, lawmakers eliminated $20 billion in proposed education funding from the student aid overhaul enacted by Congress last week:…