Adaptive technology can be ‘cool’
Jon VanDoran uses crutches, a wheelchair — or the motorcycle he adapted — to get around. A student at Volunteer State Community College (Vol State) in Tennessee, the former machinist plans to earn a...
View ArticleFrom community college to a STEM bachelor’s
Universities are turning to community colleges in the search for potential STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) students who are black, Hispanic or female, reports Inside Higher Ed. Using a...
View ArticleIn new economy, welding is a STEM job
Welding is a STEM job, says Traci Tapani, CEO of a Minnesota sheet-metal company that’s training its workers, rather than relying on local community colleges, writes New York Times columnist Thomas...
View ArticleSkills gap is small, but growing
The “skills gap” is no big deal now — but it could be in the future, if we don’t take steps to train new workers, writes Harold Sirkin, a Boston Consulting Group partner, in Businessweek. The shortage...
View ArticleCommunity colleges help train teachers
Community colleges are helping train a new generation of K-12 teachers, reports Community College Week. Samuel Simpson, 54, a high school math teacher at All City High School in inner-city Rochester,...
View ArticleProtecting Pell leads ACCT priorities
Maintaining Pell Grants and restoring Pell eligibility for “ability to benefit” (no high school diploma or GED) students seeking job training lead the Association of Community College Trustees’ top...
View ArticleCCRC: Core completers raise odds of bachelor’s
Tracking students’ progress through the core curriculum can help community colleges improve success rates for students who hope to earn a bachelor’s degree, suggests a new Community College Research...
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Adults: Math is most valuable subject
Math is the most valuable school subject in later life, say Americans in a new Gallup poll. English, literature, or reading came in second, but lost a few points since 2002. Science/physics/biology...
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Students like STEM, but don’t succeed
Nearly half of students say they’re interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields — including health care — when they start college, but few will earn a STEM degree, according...
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Hawaii college will study native plants
Hoping to interest Native Hawaiians in science and technology, Kapi’olani Community College has launched Project Olonā, a program to study island plants. (From left) Keolani Noa, outreach and Native...
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