Leaders from across science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) this week convened in Washington, D.C., to launch the STEMM Equity and Excellence 2050 – A National Strategy for Progress and Prosperity. Spearheaded by the…
Profile in education equity: Aneesh Sohoni, CEO, One Million Degrees The Education Trust blog Q&A with Aneesh Sohoni, CEO of One Million Degrees, a leader in bolstering college completion rates and accelerating community college students’…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) announced this week that it has completed FAFSAs (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) for forms impacted by known issues. As a reminder, ED previously announced that 30% of received…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is part of a newly launched national effort to increase voting among community college students, namely an additional 500,000 new two-year college student voters by 2028. Levi Strauss…
Republicans took aim at the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed regulations for registered apprenticeships during a House hearing on Wednesday, reiterating criticism that they would restrict states’ authority over the programs. During a contentious…
In 2014, Tacoma Community College (TCC) and the Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) began a partnership to help housing-insecure students. Funded through the U.S. Housing & Urban Development’s (HUD) Moving to Work program, the College Housing…
Meet the woman among the first graduating with bachelor’s degree from Maricopa Community Colleges AZ Family On Thursday, Arizona’s Rio Salado College will have its first bachelor’s degree graduates walk across the stage. The botched…
Men Of Color in college LAist The Men of Color Action Network is a coalition of community college educators who aim to help these students achieve their academic goals. Each year, it hosts a conference…
The FAFSA fiasco and safety for Jewish students on college campuses were the main focus of a Senate appropriations hearing on Tuesday with U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. At the Senate subcommittee hearing on the…
Although Congress just passed its fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations package a month ago, lawmakers have already begun the process for crafting FY 2025’s appropriations bills. As has been the case for the last several…