U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona pitched for the president’s proposed fiscal year 2024 spending plan before Senate appropriators on Thursday. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), chair of the Senate Appropriation’s education subcommittee, kicked off the hearing…
Democrats and Republicans agree that the nation’s main workforce education law isn’t yielding as many skilled workers as business and industry need. But how to revamp the legislation is where the sides split. A House…
Jordan Cutter is a student at Allegany College of Maryland (ACM) looking to start in its nursing program. Last month, he participated in a unique two-day “field simulation” hosted by the Forage Center for Peacebuilding…
For years, higher education has been reevaluating how to look at the student research process. At first, sites like Wikipedia and Google were the bane of any professor’s existence. Then came the onslaught of blog…
Clatsop Community College offers free tuition to Chinook Nation students OregonLive The Oregon college will become the first higher education institution within the traditional homelands of the Chinook Indian Nation to grant free tuition to…
Editor’s note: This new weekly update from the government relations office at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) provides the latest on what’s happening in Washington and how AACC is advancing policies to support community colleges and students….
House bill aims to extend SNAP benefits for college students 2023 Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholars House bill aims to extend SNAP benefits for college students Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-California) on Wednesday plans to introduce a…
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AANHPIHM). We recognize that for many of us, our heritage exists beyond one month, but having our country, our colleges, our communities recognized and…
Each spring high school seniors face tough choices about continuing their education at a community college, such as Houston Community College (HCC), or at a university. Typical concerns are quality, cost, student support and social…
Facing declining male enrollment, colleges are adding programs to recruit and support them Hechinger Report At Malcolm X College in Chicago, leaders took a close look at student data and realized that Black men were…