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Trump’s Education Department says it will unfreeze billions in grant money for schools Wisconsin Watch In Wisconsin, some had worried the frozen funds would prompt adult education and literacy programs to scale back, hindering workforce…
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Workforce Pell is finally here. What will it take to get it to work?
The higher education community didn’t find much to celebrate in Congress’s passage of the “big beautiful bill,” with one notable exception: the expansion of Pell grants to shorter-form workforce training programs. Workforce Pell has finally…
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Commentary: Cuts target research on job preparation at community colleges Columbia University Teachers College (blog) At Columbia University’s Teachers College, the casualties include the Community College Research Center’s assessment of strategies adopted by different states…
ED’s rulemaking schedule may push Pell, other changes to 2027
The U.S. Education Department (ED) announced Thursday that it will hold negotiated-rulemaking sessions to implement the higher education portions of the recently passed budget reconciliation law, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. ED…
Bringing nanopore tech to STEM classrooms
Under a microscope, some crab larvae look the same. But, thanks to a new grant, Bellevue College (BC) students and faculty are using nanopore technology to rapidly identify the unique DNA of multiple crab species…
Applied associate of science degrees: Pathways for workforce and transfer
As North Carolina experiences rapid industrial growth and significant population changes, its community colleges are playing a critical role in shaping the state’s future workforce. Historically, students pursuing associate of applied science (AAS) degrees entered…
Opening doors for displaced federal workers
When the Trump administration began massive layoffs of federal workers earlier this year, community colleges jumped in to help displaced workers prepare for new careers. Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) announced NOVA next (New Employment,…
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Commentary: Five big predictions on the impact of the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Act Jobs for the Future (blog) The federal budget reconciliation bill will profoundly alter economic opportunities for U.S. workers and learners. Commentary:…
Presidents’ treks raise money, awareness
Tim Cook could be using his vacation time to rest up before the fall semester starts. Instead, he’s pounding the pavement to help students. Cook, president of Clackamas Community College, is on a 50-day, 1,500-mile…
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Campus hunger may rise amid the ‘beautiful’ bill’s changes to SNAP food aid Pittsburgh’s PublicSource Nearly 2 million people in Pennsylvania use SNAP, a portion of whom are college students, like 39-year-old Teona Hall, a…