Career and Technical Education
How Community Colleges Can Help America Recover from COVID-19
The federal government should increase funding to community colleges to help America recover from COVID-19.
How Community Colleges Are Joining Forces to Help Their Communities in Uncertain Times
Community colleges have been taking action to help fight COVID-19, and we're celebrating their contributions to kick off National Community College Month.
Viewpoint: Students getting short-term degrees deserve access to Pell Grants
As Northern Virginia Community College and all of the commonwealth’s community colleges seek to meet Virginia’s need for a highly skilled workforce, we call on the federal government to invest in students seeking short-term, industry-recognized credentials just as it does in those seeking traditional academic degrees.
Inside College-Employer Partnerships: The Importance of Trust
Higher education administrators, especially those at two-year institutions, understand the importance of partnering with employers to create innovative and market-responsive programming to support community development and enrich the college.
Apprenticeships continue to grow in N.C.
Since the state’s General Assembly transferred ApprenticeshipNC to the community college system two years ago, the number of people served by the program has jumped by 44 percent.
Q & A with Scott Stump
Scott Stump is the assisant secretary for career, technical, and adult education at the U.S. Department of Education.
