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Students at well-resourced four-year universities are already living in an AI-enabled campus. Advisors have dashboards. Faculty have tools that flag disengaging students before the withdrawal deadline. Students have AI environments tailored to their programs and connected to institutional systems. Students at community colleges deserve the same. Community colleges serve the learners who stand to benefit most from personalized, responsive AI support. Most are working. Many are raising families.

iStock By Daily Staff October 13, 2026 Print MinnPost Minnesota State is considering a plan to shift millions of dollars from its colleges to help two financially unstable universities – a move college presidents, students and employees condemned as the school system considers longer-term fixes to a growing financial crisis. Chicago Sun-Times Employees at Elgin Community College covered six surveillance cameras with black trash bags and zip ties.

Community colleges could play a larger role in helping state and local governments develop apprenticeships as public agencies struggle to fill jobs and prepare for a wave of retirements, according to a new report from Apprenticeships for America. “Scaling Public Sector Apprenticeships Through Intermediaries: Lessons from Emerging Practice” looks at how outside organizations can help public employers develop and sustain registered apprenticeships.

I was a college president for 17 years — at Las Positas College (California), at Montgomery College (Maryland) and at Nevada State University. Before I go further, let me say the thing the rest of this essay might otherwise obscure: this is the best work there is. The community college presidency is among the most fulfilling lives a person can be handed. It is not a role you hold at arm’s length.

By Daily Staff October 12, 2026 Print Citrus Heights Sentinel For the November 2026 election, voters will be considering Measure H, a $1.1 billion bond measure that has been proposed by the Los Rios Community College District, the second-largest community college district in the state. It is designed to fund repairs and facility improvements at multiple college campuses and district offices.

Virginia M. Fraire will become the fifth president of Dallas College’s Richland Campus, effective November 2. She most recently served as president of Lone Star College-University Park. Fraire brings more than 30 years of experience in higher education leadership, with a career spanning community colleges, universities and education organizations across Texas, according to a release.

Britain is having a debate about its young people that American community college leaders should follow. The question is why many young people in Britain leave school and never enter the workforce. Almost one million between the ages of 16 and 24, roughly one in eight, aren’t in education, employment or training (NEET). America has a similar problem. RAND reports that nearly 4.2 million between the ages of 18 and 24, roughly one in seven, are not in school, training or work.

iStock By Daily Staff October 8, 2026 Print Work Shift Started in 2022, the California Medicine Scholars Program offers a community college-to-medical school pathway. It provides students with mentors, helps them with transferring to a four-year college, offers paid internship and shadowing opportunities with doctors, and prepares them for the MCAT.

The nation will need to fill about 1.7 million skilled-trades job openings each year through 2035, underscoring a challenge that goes beyond getting more people into training. More students and apprentices also need to finish their programs and land jobs in the trades. That’s one of the main takeaways from “The State of America’s Skilled Trades,” a new report from the Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades, whose founding members include BlackRock, Carhartt, Ford and Google.

A decade ago, marketing teams managed a website and a couple of social media accounts. The most advanced teams were dabbling in Google AdWords or boosted Facebook posts. Since then, expectations have exploded. Platforms and strategies that did not exist 10 years ago have become standard practice. Marketers have gone from managing one or two social media platforms to nearly half a dozen or more.