Headlines
The Education Department gave us the List of 2026 CCAMPIS grantees New America (blog) The information raises questions about a critically important program for student parents in college. Ambassador to business The Job “Workforce Pell…
All Articles
Student loan default rates are back — with a caveat
The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday released cohort rates for student loan defaults that reflect failure to repay the loans since ED resumed student loan repayments following a pause during the Covid pandemic. For community…
Headlines
The blur: When credit & workforce stop being separate: A conversation with Dr. Marcia Conston, president, Tidewater Community College EdUp Experience (podcast) How Virginia’s Tidewater Community College is strengthening employer partnerships, expanding apprenticeships and connecting…
One year in: What this year has taught me
On October 1, 2025, I became President and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). A year has passed — full, humbling, clarifying — and I find myself wanting to mark it not…
Complex pathways lengthen time to completion
The median time it takes community college students to earn an associate degree is 2.9 years. For those earning a certificate at a community college, it’s 2.3 years. Those are among the findings in a…
Headlines
To better prepare students for the workforce, colleges turn to a new role: the chief career officer Chronicle of Higher Education In her role as senior vice president of workforce and careers at Ivy Tech…
Headlines
Hawkeye Community College to lead Workforce Pell program expansion initiative Iowa Capital Dispatch Hawkeye Community College has been named the lead institution in a new statewide initiative with the goal of establishing more than 50…
Administration issues Title IX rule
The Trump administration has issued a rule that formally rescinds the Title IX regulations promulgated by the Biden administration in 2024. With some minor exceptions, the regulations now in force are those issued by the…
Trump rescinds funds from higher ed programs
The Trump administration on Friday submitted to Congress an $810 million “rescissions package” proposing cuts to numerous programs for which Congress had already appropriated funds. The package includes two programs in which community colleges participate,…
From AI skills to AI judgment
A student uses generative AI in an English class on an assignment that asks them to draft a routine professional email. The assignment allows it, the information is not sensitive, and the student reviews the…