Funding roundup
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) has awarded a total of $500,000 to 48 colleges and universities – including all 23 community colleges in the state – to address student food insecurity….
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Dual enrollment participation remains low in Milwaukee Wisconsin Public Radio While dual enrollment is up across the state, schools that were small, urban or had high rates of poverty were least likely to offer dual-enrollment…
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CEO on the move Rhonda Epper, who has served as president of Colorado’s Trinidad State College (TSC) since 2019, will become president of Colorado State University Pueblo on March 23. As CEO of TSC, Epper…
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Tenure eliminated at Oklahoma colleges Inside Higher Ed Faculty members at regional public and community colleges in Oklahoma can no longer be granted tenure. College’s new lab will train workers for Eli Lilly’s planned $3.5B…
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State funding for higher ed cools Arizona college expands its three-year degree program Stronger system connections in Connecticut State funding for higher ed cools An annual report on state funding for higher education shows a…
Powering the pipeline
The U.S. manufacturing industry has more jobs available than skilled workers to fill them. This gap is forecast to widen further, with 3.5 million positions opening over the next decade, according to the National Association…
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Michigan free college program boosted adult enrollment, study finds Higher Ed Dive Community colleges saw an average increase of 623 students due to the program, which seeks to help eligible adults get a tuition-free associate…
43.6%: The baseline for Lumina’s new ‘credentials of value’ measure
Last spring, Lumina Foundation announced a new national goal to steer more Americans toward good-paying jobs: By 2040, 75% of adults in the U.S. workforce should have a college degree or credential of value leading…
Creating a pipeline for CNC careers
As production manager at Branch Medical Group, a medical equipment manufacturer based in Royersford, Pennsylvania, Brad Bouchard knows firsthand the demand for machinist computer numerically controlled (CNC) operators. His plant can’t hire them fast enough….
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Commentary: Let community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees American Enterprise Institute (blog) Instead of waiting around for four-year institutions to lower prices, policymakers should allow community colleges to apply their low-cost model to bachelor’s degrees. This…