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Virginia Senator Tim Kaine and Congressman Bobby Scott say congress may finally be on the verge of approving federal Pell Grants for students in short-term workforce training programs.  Advocates say […]

“This is urgent. We must do something to regain our enrollment advantages that we had several years ago, particularly over the proprietary schools.”  Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Workforce […]

Editor’s note: this column is reprinted here with permission. BY JEFF E. SCHAPIRO Richmond Times-Dispatch – Jan 21, 2022 The musings of a famed Democratic phrase-maker notwithstanding, Ghazala Hashmi governs […]

By Ellen R. Davenport, Ph.D., Assistant Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations   Editor’s note: Dr. Davenport is tracking legislation important to Virginia’s Community Colleges and offers regular reports from the […]

Editor’s note: Statewide, about seven percent of VCCS students are of Asian descent.  Not surprisingly because of the large concentration of Asian Americans in the DC metro area, students of […]

The economic damage from a nearly two-year Covid-19 pandemic only exacerbated problems that already vexed the American workplace, with job seekers desperate to find better wages, even as employers struggled […]

Editor’s note:  From field trips to lectures to live theater performances to movie screenings — even a couple of contests — Virginia’s Community Colleges are hosting a wide range of […]

On one of her first few days on the job, Virginia’s new Education Secretary-designate Aimee Guidera made a point of visiting with the VCCS State Board on Thursday, telling the […]

Nathaniel L Bishop is the chair of the State Board for Community Colleges. He is leading a committee charged with hiring the next chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges. We had […]