Monthly Archives: June 2017

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released the results of the 2016 Census of Australian population. The Census shows an Australia which is more diverse and less religious, with a notable increase in Indigenous Australians. The 2016 Census counted 23.4 million people living in Australia, an increase of 8.8% since the 2011 Census. Australia’s...

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has warmly welcomed the NSW Government’s commitment to community college funding in 2017/18. NSW colleges received notifications earlier this week of four separate programs:

• the Adult and Community Education (ACE) “Community Service Obligation (CSO) program, with a small increase in allocations from 2016/17;
• a new “Tech Savvy for Small Business” program...

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has provided its support for a strong and sustainable Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC). Earlier this month, CCA joined with 100 other organisations to sign an open letter to the Prime Minister – also delivered to the Treasurer, Assistant Minister Michael Sukkar, and Shadow Minister for Charities...

Deep insights from the frontlines of American community colleges will feature at CCA’s Annual Conference – themed “Community Education: Investing in Our Future” – in Melbourne in July. Two American community college experts from Michigan will speak on regional economic development and American community colleges: Dr Roberta Teahen, Associate Provost & Director of the Doctorate...