community colleges

High schools and community colleges are undertaking career-oriented reforms, while the federal Workforce Investment Act is funding expanded programs for young people and for workers dislocated by economic change.

It sounds good, but unfortunately, much of the money and hope will be wasted - unless current myths are replaced with facts...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wants to help community colleges use technology to improve and go beyond basic online classes.

(Kansas State University) For the past six years, K-State has partnered with community colleges to build "bridges" for students to complete a bachelor of science degree in the bio-behavioral or biomedical sciences.

Conceding unemployment will get worse before it gets better, President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a $12 billion plan to help community colleges prepare millions of people for a new generation of jobs.

Challenging critics, he said he welcomed the task of turning around the economy.

Conceding unemployment will get worse before it shrinks, President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a $12 billion plan to help community colleges prepare millions of people for a new generation of jobs.

Challenging critics, he said he welcomed the task of turning around the economy.

President Barack Obama is proposing a multibillion-dollar investment in the nation's community colleges, a $12 billion effort to help the two-year institutions reach, teach and train more people for "the jobs of the future."

Teenagers in suburban Dayton, Ohio, are heading to community colleges after manufacturing plants closed.

As the economy sheds jobs, community colleges across the country are reporting a surge of unemployed workers enrolling in courses that offer training for "green-collar" jobs.

As the economy sheds jobs, community colleges across the country are reporting a surge of unemployed workers enrolling in courses that offer training for "green-collar" jobs.