MiraCosta College Career Education

05/06/2024

"You're not the boss of me...😜!" But you could be. Change is in the air...😉

Replacement position available: Dean of Humanities, Communication Studies, and Math

For full details and to apply, please see posting below.

05/26/2021

“As we engage more communities, we have the opportunity to connect with more industry partners, each of which affirms that high-quality, skilled trade jobs are available, and community colleges are the premier places to train and amass talent..."

“I get so grateful hearing from those who benefit from our grant,” James Hetfield says

05/12/2021

"Without explicit attention to racial, socioeconomic, and gender equity, postsecondary education will continue to sustain and exacerbate inequalities, but a more equitable postsecondary education system can build a more just society"

Gates Foundation issues report calling for a new definition of value, and for clear ways for students to identify it. The emphasis is on promoting economic mobility for all.

05/05/2021

“Community colleges, as always, are available for the workforce that’s going to be necessary...”

Four years ago, the Trump administration touted soon-to-arrive $1 trillion bipartisan legislation that would add to and improve upon the nation’s roads, bridges, ports and other infrastructure. The legislation never materialized. But the need to...

04/29/2021

"The plan released Wednesday would cover two years of tuition at community colleges and extend the same benefit to low- and middle-income students attending historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and other minority-serving institutions. " MiraCosta College

President Biden’s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan could deliver a monumental shift in the financing of higher education to the benefit of institutions and students with the fewest financial resources.

04/19/2021

"No one has ever claimed that test-optional policies are a 'magic bullet' that will instantaneously resolve all the problems of college admissions. But, particularly when combined with other initiatives to remove barriers to access, dropping ACT/SAT requirements is a proven way to enhance equity in undergraduate admissions."

Major study finds that colleges gain Pell Grant recipients, minority students and women.

04/13/2021

"In many important ways, a student’s college journey begins with admissions. For some students, however, we can just as easily serve as an endpoint. Because we know how transformational college can be, we have a critical role to play in ensuring students fulfill their potential."

The value of higher education is longstanding and incontrovertible. College graduates earn more money, live longer, healthier lives, and are more engaged citizens. The promise of higher education is why I became fascinated with college admissions as a student and why I have committed my career to he...

04/13/2021

"The question looms large as more colleges plan to shift back from remote to in-person instruction."

BOSTON (AP) — U.S. colleges hoping for a return to normalcy next fall are weighing how far they should go in urging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including whether they should — or legally...

03/17/2021

“It’s a social justice issue; giving kids a better idea of where they can go with their education,” Abdul-Jabbar said.

Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been focused on introducing underserved students to a STEM education through his nonprofit, Skyhook Foundation.

12/17/2020

"Big hits in CTE courses..."

This fall, the community college sector saw a -10.1% drop in enrollments – or 540,200 fewer students – compared to fall 2019, due to the pandemic and resulting economic recession, according to a final report released today by the...

10/14/2020

"Future earnings can depend more on the major pursued than on the level of the degree."

College graduates with an associate’s degree in nursing from Santa Rosa Junior College in California make more money than graduates from some programs at Harvard University, a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce shows. The report uses data from the Depar...

08/25/2020

“The Department’s regulations regarding distance learning had not kept pace with advances in technology and they created tremendous uncertainty for institutions about what kinds of innovations were permissible..."

The U.S. Department of Education has released its final rule on distance learning, which it said would modernize regulations. “The Department’s regulations regarding distance learning had not kept pace with advances in technology and they created tremendous uncertainty for institutions about wha...