Academic programs

A new AI model: The Human Guided Learning Ecosystem

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues its rapid evolution, a wave of apprehension has swept through higher education. Many fear AI will supplant educators or render our institutions obsolete. But what if this focus is misplaced?…


Career-ready in the age of AI

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape education, work and daily life, educators across disciplines face a timely and transformative opportunity: to equip students with the AI literacy they need to thrive in a rapidly…


Reporter’s notebook

Rhode Island’s new online RN-to-BSN program Wisconsin partnership opens nursing, teaching degree paths Tennessee college provides scholarships to study abroad Kids on Campus project making Head Start connections Rhode Island’s new online RN-to-BSN program The…


Adults without degrees still value higher ed

Despite a growing public skepticism about higher education, Americans without degrees or credentials still view postsecondary education as essential for career success. That’s the top-line finding in an annual report on the state of higher…


ED resumes collecting defaulted student loans

The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Monday officially resumed collections on defaulted federal student loans, as recent reports indicate delinquency rates are higher than ever. Those who don’t resume payments risk withholdings from Social Security…


Ohio ASAP shows success beyond completion

In 2014, three Ohio colleges set out to improve access and success outcomes for low-income students by adapting the City University of New York’s (CUNY) innovative Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP). A new report…


Call to action: Support the NSF

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has directed the National Science Foundation (NSF) to terminate active grants. More than 1,000 awards have already been cancelled, with more terminations expected. This comes as Congress considers severe…


DataPoints: Trends in awarded credentials

Community colleges awarded more than 1.45 million credentials in the 2022-23 academic year, representing a 21% increase from the 1.19 million awarded 10 years earlier in 2012-13.    The total number of credentials awarded was…


12 student teams named CCIC finalists

A record number of student teams from community colleges across the country competed this year in the annual Community College Innovation Challenge, with the American Association of Community Colleges announcing on Tuesday that 12 teams…


Exploring partnerships in humanities

Humanities professors and administrators from all 18 public community colleges in New Jersey spent a full day at Princeton University this month for a conference focused on increasing the vitality of the humanities in the…