Washington Watch: Fixing FAFSA
As students prepare to enroll for the fall semester, many are still scrambling to find the resources to pay tuition and other college expenses. Millions of students begin the financial aid process each year, but…
Government
Washington Watch: Focus is on the courts for DACA
In February, the Senate failed to pass any of three alternative bills that would have established a path to citizenship for approximately 1.8 million Dreamers, undocumented individuals that were brought to this country as children….
R.I. candidates vary in approach to free tuition
The major candidates for governor in Rhode Island say if elected they would take different approaches to the state’s free college tuition program. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may…
N.J. launches free-tuition pilot program
Community college students in New Jersey may be able to attend free of tuition and fees in the spring 2019 — if their college applies and is selected to participate in the state’s new Community…
Perkins bill is in the books
President Trump on Tuesday signed a bill that reauthorizes the nation’s main career and technical education legislation. Matthew Dembickiis editor of Community College Daily.More Posts
Approving industry-recognized apprenticeships
The U.S. Labor Department (DOL) has released broad guidance to governors and state and local workforce agencies on establishing industry-recognized apprenticeships. Matthew Dembickiis editor of Community College Daily.More Posts
ED rules would cut $13B in student loan relief
Students who are defrauded by their schools would have a harder time getting their federal loans erased under new rules proposed this week by the Trump administration. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights…
Drawing lines on apprenticeships
Both sides of the aisle in Congress champion the value of apprenticeships in developing skilled workers for available jobs. But the common ground ends there: Democrats prefer government-recognized registered apprenticeships, while Republicans lean toward industry-recognized…
Washington Watch: Make way for a new measure?
Community college officials have long decried the use of cohort default rates (CDR) as a criterion for institutional student aid eligibility. This starts with the basic conviction that the CDR is a poor measure of…
Plenty of innovative ideas to share
Typically when a local business or industry approaches a community college to help develop a skilled workforce, it results in an associate degree that requires students to wait until the next semester to enroll in…