Matthew Dembicki is the Publications Director at the American Association of Community Colleges. He focuses on themes related to education and higher education, covering topics such as public education, lifelong learning, and campus life. Matthew's work has been featured in College Daily.Inc and EducationNC.
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Matthew Dembicki's coverage focuses on government announcements, press releases, and data analysis within the education and human resources & employment themes. His interest in community college, workforce training, equity, and data analysis suggests he would likely be receptive to pitches related to new initiatives or programs in these areas.
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By: Matthew Dembicki
Apprenticeships were the top-of-mind workforce development topic at Thursday's Senate confirmation hearing for Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to be the permanent secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL). Questions over the two-hour hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee covered a range of issues, from overtime and benefits protections and retirement
AACC’s new executive leadership structure MATCH Act gets bipartisan support Survey: AI use in education outpaces training AACC’s new executive leadership structure The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has redesigned its executive leadership structure to better align with the needs of its member institutions and its Strategic Compass 2035, the association’s framework for positioning
New CEO Carl Smalls will be the next president of Pratt Community College in Kansas, effective in August. He is currently chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration at Danville Community College (Virginia). Pratt board members cited Smalls’ record as a higher education finance leader, strategist and student-success advocate. Smalls has led
New CEOs Shelley Barkley will become the ninth president of Spoon River College in Illinois at the end of August. She is currently vice president of academic and student affairs at John Wood Community College (JWCC), also in Illinois. Barkley helped position JWCC as a national leader in rural student success by leading the college’s
Several large-scale, workforce-focused projects led by or involving community colleges have received word over the past week of major upcoming federal investments. Most of the funding comes from the U.S. Commerce Department and the National Science Foundation.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen visited Metropolitan Community College (MCC) last month to announce four programs the state has approved to participate in the Workforce Pell Grant program, a new federal initiative designed to help students pay for short-term career training in high-demand fields.
By: Matthew Dembicki
Iowa Central Community College's 14-week emergency medical technician program (EMT) is the first in the country to get federal approval for the new Workforce Pell program. The announcement was made Tuesday at a press event at the college's Fort Dodge campus that included Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, Iowa Gov. Kim
Iowa Central Community College‘s 14-week emergency medical technician program (EMT) is the first in the country to get federal approval for the new Workfor
Robbin Hoopes will be the new president of Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, effective September 1. He has served as Cincinnati State's provost and chief academic officer for the past 10 years.
By: Matthew Dembicki
A new playbook focused on community college baccalaureate (CCB) degrees aims to make the case to state leaders for creating and scaling these programs, which sometimes face barriers at the state level. The playbook is being released over the next few months in a series of briefs developed by researchers at the University of Washington
