article thumbnail

Community Colleges Build Workforce Through Partnership and Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Day three of the 2023 Dream Conference in Chicago kicked off with a heightened focus on building partnerships that strengthen students and fortify the community workforce. The Dream conference is hosted annually by Achieving the Dream (ATD), a reform network of over 300 community colleges working to equitize higher education.

article thumbnail

Community colleges gear up to train workers for America’s proposed manufacturing future

University Business

In the next decade, millions of manufacturers jobs will open up in the U.S. Well, how about some two-year colleges like Cincinnati State? Well, how about some two-year colleges like Cincinnati State? as workers retire. Meanwhile, the sector is also supposed to add more jobs with help from federal subsidies. Read more at PBS.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The state awarded $18 million each to six regional collaboratives consisting of at least one K-12 school district, University of California campus, California State University campus, and community college district. Zarate believes that this will particularly benefit students who are the first in their families to attend college.

article thumbnail

How micro-credentials are spurring deeper collaboration between community college and employers

University Business

Local adult learners and veterans seeking to diversify their skillsets in other high-demand careers have turned to the community college in droves since it opened in 2003. Over the last three and a half years, Larson and the Education Design Lab have helped over 75 community colleges across 20 states develop micro-credentials.

article thumbnail

Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Roueche Center for Community College Leadership. Today, some of our country’s communities are engaged in conversations about talent pipeline shortages, challenges, and opportunities. Many of these careers are associated with a degree or other credential (or pathway) at the College. Roueche and Margaretta B.

article thumbnail

BMCC Grad Looks to Make Restaurants More Accessible

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But the pandemic got in the way, and the idea lay dormant until Duran, who had since started at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), heard about the Blackstone Launchpad Competition, a business pitch contest for students. With the help of Snipes, she’s now researching larger-scale manufacturing and making adjustments.

Libraries 261
article thumbnail

These rural colleges are beating the odds to drive student success

University Business

However, a new guide by The Aspen Institute suggests a different approach: Rural community colleges have the potential to revitalize the surrounding area by unlocking economic mobility and technological advances. Still, skepticism about higher education threatens to upend rural community colleges.