Some colleges have started to work with employers to launch training courses and even for-credit certificates to help companies tap new business and marketing opportunities.

Two-year colleges are increasingly using electronic mapping to reach targeted audiences for a variety of purposes.

A new project is exploring the potential role of social media in community college student engagement and retention.

Community colleges must find new, convenient and quality educational options for students who might otherwise miss out on a college education.

Most community college libraries use free basic text services for texting, but some are willing to pay for upgrades.

An ongoing challenge for college staff charged with implementing social media is learning how to use the tools effectively on a daily basis.

Broadband project aims to provide all 22 community colleges in Arkansas with high-speed Internet access by summer 2013.

In South Carolina, community colleges are poised to serve the nearly 60 percent of residents who do not have access to broadband.

The Green Jobs Academy at Bucks County Community College in Pennsylvania recently held an electric-vehicle conversion workshop that drew participants from as far as New Mexico.

During his three-month internship with a Web developer, student Andrew O’Melia helped design the mobile website for Santa Ana College.

Community colleges appear to be giving more attention to hybrid courses, according to a new survey.

Dillon Caldwell struggled with algebra in high school. At Seminole State College of Florida, he put off taking algebra for two semesters.

Colleges will find it increasingly difficult to influence messages about their brands unless they engage in online conversations, particularly through social media.

To handle increasing demands for student services, Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio hired an outside provider to develop technology for an integrated contact center.

Things evolve so quickly in advanced technology fields such as nanotechnology that deciding what to teach is a challenge for community college educators.