Tulsa Community College (TCC) has received a $3.7 million U.S. Department of Education grant through the Postsecondary Student Success Grant program to support first-year college students and improve retention and completion rates. It’s the largest…
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Wednesday approved on a party-line vote the College Cost Reduction Act (CCRA, H.R. 6951), a Republican-backed Higher Education Act reauthorization bill. The measure now may be…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Tuesday issued an electronic announcement (EA) clarifying the anticipated timeline for processing of Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs), the information colleges use to package financial aid offers. As the…
A partnership between St. Petersburg College (SPC) and HCA Florida Healthcare is helping train the area’s future caregivers and combat the state’s nursing shortage, with the help of a $160,000 investment. HCA Florida Healthcare provided…
NEW ORLEANS — For Pam Eddinger, chairing a 29-member federal advisory panel on apprenticeships wasn’t exactly fun, but it was worth it. And she encourages other two-year college leaders to spearhead efforts locally and regionally…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) announced this week that it will update the income protection allowance for the purposes of calculating federal financial aid for the 2024-25 award cycle. As ED worked to meet the…
The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday announced 19 new grant awards totaling $25 million through the first-ever Perkins-funded Career Connected High Schools (CCHS) grant program. Community colleges are the grantees in four of the awards….
NEW ORLEANS — The billions of dollars that the federal government is investing in a multitude of economic development efforts are starting to flow, but the job isn’t done. In fact, it won’t succeed if…
Survey: Growing competition in the training field Colorado initiative to help businesses, workers get back on track Slow progress on comprehensive learner records House bill pitches rural workforce development grants Massachusetts college opens Scholarship Resource…
Welding students at Ohio’s Lakeland Community College will benefit from a $150,000 grant from the Jerome T. Osborne and Georgeanne S. Osborne Charitable Trust. The grant will create an endowed scholarship in welding in the…