AACC receives $6M grant for health care career exploration
By CC Times,
Published June 17, 2010
The American Association of Community Colleges will receive a $6.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to develop a virtual career platform to help people explore possible careers in health care, from skills assessment to training and job placement.
Small businesses turn to colleges for training 'boot camp'
By Los Angeles Times,
Published June 14, 2010
Savvy small-business owners know that training is crucial to growth and competitiveness, and a growing number of them are realizing that their local community college can serve as a training hub.
Fed chair cites workforce programs as key to economic recovery
By CC Times,
Published June 14, 2010
Innovative workforce development programs at community colleges can play an important role in meeting employers’ demands as the labor market recovers, according to Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke.
A faster way to serve dislocated workers
By Washington Monthly,
Published June 14, 2010
Community colleges can help millions of unemployed Americans quickly upgrade their skills, but the two-year institutions need assistance from federal lawmakers and policymakers.
With completion as a goal, colleges look to rebalance
By CC Times,
Published June 14, 2010
Community colleges will have to rebalance themselves as they begin extending their focus to include college completion in addition to access, according to a new policy brief from the American Association of Community Colleges.
A lynchpin for workforce needs
By Gene Budig,
Published June 13, 2010
Democrats and Republicans finally agree on one vital matter, and they did so with little wrangling or heated debate.
Unexpected response to college's guarantee
By Lansing State Journal,
Published June 9, 2010
From Time magazine to CNN, Lansing Community College (Michigan) received a flood of national attention for its guarantee that students enrolled in certain programs would find a job or get their money back. However, the offer didn't initially attract as many people as the college had thought it would.
Seeking input on pre-apprenticeship models
By CC Times,
Published June 8, 2010
The U.S. Labor Department's Office of Apprenticeship will hold a Webinar June 11 to discuss ways to create more consistency in the pre-apprenticeship models, including possibly certifying programs that would meet minimum criteria.
La. colleges ready to fulfill training needs related to oil spill
By Matthew Dembicki,
Published June 4, 2010
Community colleges in Louisiana are ramping up programs to train workers in cleaning up oil from the Gulf of Mexico as well as starting to examine what types of job training will be needed for long-term efforts, such as wildlife and fish safety monitoring.
Teleconferences to connect women to green jobs
By CC Times,
Published May 21, 2010
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Women's Bureau is hosting a series of free teleconferences for workforce practitioners to provide information and an exchange of ideas to better connect women with green jobs and green jobs training.
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