More ED appointees announcedAdding ‘college’ to its name More ED appointees announced The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Wednesday announced more political appointees for various offices. Among them is Melanie Muenzer, who is a community…
President Joe Biden’s pick for education secretary would like to see students in middle school through high school have more opportunities to explore career and technical education (CTE) programs to help inform them about potential…
Michigan residents over 25 without degrees can now apply for tuition-free community college, skills trainingmLiveThe Michigan Reconnect program is being funded initially by a $30 million appropriation in the state budget that had bipartisan backing…
Community college libraries have long provided online resources – not just learning materials, but also online access to librarians and staff through chatbots and video conferencing. Those resources have expanded during the pandemic, as has…
CEO on the move Larry D. Johnson, Jr., will serve as the next president of Guttman Community College in New York City, effective July 1. He is currently president of Phoenix College, where he was…
Community college education continuing at Oregon correctional facilities under new agreementOPBOregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission and the Oregon Department of Corrections have entered into a new agreement to continue providing inmates with educational programming through…
A collaborative project among a group of New Mexico colleges aims to tackle a broad range of thorny issues facing higher education – from outdated data management and gaps in tech staffing, to trimming inefficiencies through…
Flexibility on ‘professional judgment’ The U.S. Education Department (ED) is reminding student financial aid administrators of their ability to make it easier for those who are unemployed or have received unemployment assistance to get federal…
Collins, Young introduce bipartisan Gateway to Careers ActRipon AdvanceSens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Todd Young (R-Indiana) have introduced bipartisan legislation to establish a federal career pathway grant program that would support a stronger American workforce….
El Paso Community College (EPCC) will use a $1.5 million grant to help Texans get back to work. The funding will go toward degree and certificate programs that provide the skills needed for high-demand jobs….