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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.

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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.

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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.

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Feds award Bergen Community College $4.5M to grow agriculture education

University Business

The federal government has awarded Bergen Community College a five-year, $4.5 jobs reside within the affiliated industries – including at farms, research laboratories, manufacturers, engineering firms and logistics companies. The post Feds award Bergen Community College $4.5M economic activity ($8.6

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How community colleges fit in to the promise of the CHIPS and Science Act

University Business

Community colleges, which serve the majority of higher education’s low-income students and students of color, must be included in the conversation, experts say. The post How community colleges fit in to the promise of the CHIPS and Science Act appeared first on University Business. Read more on Politico.

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Group Says 4 Cornell Students Banned From Campus for 3 Years

Confessions of a Community College Dean

18 disruption and shutdown of a university-hosted career fair that included weapons manufacturers. A pro-Palestinian group said Cornell University has banned four students from campus for three years for participating in the successful Sept.

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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.