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Community college students can take classes in their native language under new state law EdSource Starting next year, students in California won’t have to enroll in English as a Second Language courses when they take…
Community college students can take classes in their native language under new state law EdSource Starting next year, students in California won’t have to enroll in English as a Second Language courses when they take…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is getting pushback from the higher education sector and other organizations on its proposed changes to overtime rules. The American Association of Community Colleges last week filed its opposition…
Community, technical colleges provide 1.6 million annual hours in direct workforce training Johnson City Press Driven by a growing number of apprenticeship programs, Tennessee’s public community and technical colleges delivered 1.628 million hours of direct…
Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington won $40,000 in a “Pitch for the Skilled Trades” competition to build a cyber range on campus. The funds come from the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) Annual…
With government funding set to expire on Friday, November 17, Congress must pass another stopgap funding measure by the end of the week to avoid a government shutdown. At the same time, House Republicans have…
Facing pressure on enrollment, will colleges support more transfer students? EdSurge To successfully hand students off from one campus to another takes effort and resources from the colleges that students hope to transfer to: institutions…
The challenges surrounding two-year college students transferring to four-year institutions — accepting course credits, student advising and more — have spanned the history of community colleges. But higher education advocates think the convergence of issues…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has proposed new rules to ensure program integrity for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) state grants. The rules, proposed…
About 5% of U.S. undergraduate students are military veterans, including 5.3% of public two-year students and 3.4% of public four-year students, according to a Postsecondary National Policy Institute analysis of the National Postsecondary Student Aid…
Businesses seeking a new pool of potential employees may consider one group that is significantly underemployed and unemployed: military spouses. More than one-fifth (21%) of military spouses are unemployed, according to recently released results of…