Tag: Certificate programs

Community Colleges

Flat is the New Up: How the Year of Covid-19 Continues to Reinvent Higher Ed

Along with its persisting global presence and its surging number of victims, COVID-19 has conjured numerous challenges due to its unprecedented nature. Whether we see the vast changes around us as positive or not, we need to adapt to stay in the performance race. Higher education is facing some critical demands, and it might be useful to summarize some gripping ones, along with the ways we’re collectively addressing them.

January 5, 2021

Home

Survey Reveals a Heightened Sense of Financial Insecurity

A new survey from Champlain College Online reveals people of all ages feel financial insecurity, but are willing to invest in training and education to advance their careers.

October 7, 2019

News Roundup

Dillard University Creates Urban Water Management Certificate Program

Beginning this fall, Dillard University will start the Urban Water Management Certificate Program, the first of its kind in the state of Louisiana. The program is designed to train students hoping to apply for water management jobs in private industries and through government agencies. Urban Water Management encompasses the control, development, design and application of […]

August 8, 2018

Military

Certificate Programs for Individuals Who Want to Work in Veteran Services are Growing

Over the past few years, colleges and universities around the country have seen a marked increase in students who want to be equipped to serve military veterans. Some are veterans themselves, some have personal connections and others may have taken a course that sparked an interest in pursuing careers in veteran services.

June 5, 2018

Students

Feds: More than 800 Career Programs Failing Their Grads

Hundreds of programs at for-profit colleges are at risk of losing federal funding unless their graduates start earning better wages, federal officials say. On Monday, the Education Department issued its first round of data measuring whether graduates of 8,700 career programs earn enough money to repay their student loans. It stems from the Obama administration’s […]

January 9, 2017

Students

Policy Summit: U.S. Higher Education Should Focus More on Employability

The national push to get more students to complete college in the U.S. should be tied to making students employable upon graduation, expert panelists urged during a Washington policy summit Thursday.

November 10, 2011

Leadership & Policy

U.S. Education Department’s Community College Leader Makes ‘Acceleration Strategies’ Part of Ambitious Agenda

After more than a year at the Education Department, Dr. Frank Chong describes his job as a “whirlwind” that has included legislative battles in Washington, D.C., and listening tours to 25 states.

September 15, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Perspective: Community Colleges Should Be at the Front Line of Economic Recovery

The focus of community colleges has shifted over the past decade to include not only the education of young adults leaving high school, but also adults who are already in the workforce, a community college president writes.

May 16, 2011

Community Colleges

Regaining the Edge in American Higher Education

Can American higher education regain its edge? A group of advocates, policymakers and scholars attempted to answer this question Tuesday during a Washington think tank policy forum.

February 15, 2011

Native Americans

Native Americans Combat the Suicide Spirit

Tribal colleges are at the forefront of communitywide efforts to combat suicide with culturally relevant methods.

December 9, 2010

Community Colleges

Postsecondary Certificate Programs Can Offer Upward Mobility and Help Meet 2020 Goal, Report Says

Certificate programs could go a long way in helping American higher education meet President Barack Obama’s 2020 goal to significantly increase the number of students earning postsecondary credentials, a new report says.

December 7, 2010

Leadership & Policy

White House Hosts First Summit on Community Colleges

Community college advocates and leaders leave summit with new partners and ideas for strengthening programs and increasing graduation rates.

October 5, 2010