Poland: sectoral seminars on VET
Italy: national plan for education and training quality approved
NASA awards $300,000 to Bronx Community College
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced an award of more than $300,000 to Bronx Community College (BCC) for a two-year program that will contribute to the training and development of the future workforce of NASA and other high-tech employers. More...
Community colleges extend international invitations
Here are five actions two-year institutions can take to recruit international students. More...
Big changes coming to vital community colleges
California’s 114 community colleges are the Rodney Dangerfields of higher education, overshadowed by the state’s four-year universities and not getting much respect. More...
California making headway on plans for first fully online community college
Techno-News Blog. Gov. Jerry Brown, delivering remarks to the California Community Colleges Board of Governor in Sacramento on Monday, continued to push his plan to deliver a new type of online community college for California’s working adults. More...
How can we address the ‘sub-degree deficit’?
Work-related, vocational, technical education has become one of the key policy debates in recent years. The Augar Review is rightly making this, particularly at sub-degree level, a core part of its work. Those working with modern universities have always had a focus on this area – not least with the innovation in the 2000s of Foundation degrees – so attention to this area is welcome. More...
Four Tenn. community colleges receive grants to support H.S. students
Four Tennessee community colleges are each receiving a $250,000 state grant to help high school students earn two-year degrees in the high-demand field of mechatronics. More...
Ore. college cites lack of interest, defunds student paper
A community college in Oregon is cutting funding to its student newspaper, citing lack of interest from readers and potential student staff members. More...