Caution: higher education bills have significant ramifications Indiana Capital Chronicle Two bills being proposed in Indiana that are touted as “innovative” would be detrimental to the state’s two-year college system. Community college aid pushes enrollment…
Dual-enrollment numbers are rising. At western Pennsylvania community colleges, that could stave off enrollment downturns. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Today, 82% of public high schools offer some form of dual enrollment or credit opportunities, and a third…
Florida Board of Education restricts DEI initiatives at community colleges WPBF The Florida Department of Education announced this week that the state board of education has approved limits on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives with…
Hospitals are desperate for workers. They might find them in high schools. New York Times In Boston, selected high school students will earn college credits as they train for careers in nursing, emergency medicine, lab…
Department of Energy grant will make SWIC a hub for green jobs training, waste reduction Belleville News-Democrat As part of a consortium with three other community colleges and the Illinois Community College Board, Southwestern Illinois…
Agreement formalizes credits transfer among South Carolina technical colleges, universities GSA Business The academic requirements of South Carolina’s technical colleges and research universities were woven together last week with a thread that has joined some…
Free community college could cost $170M per year, new report finds GBH News Making community college free for every Massachusetts resident could cost the state about $170 million annually, according to a new report by…
Commentary: Political gridlock is real. Bolstering education and the workforce can provide consensus Hechinger Report A vast array of students across red and blue states would benefit from the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act’s commonsense approach,…
Record enrollment at Wake Tech, college preparing for more growth WNCN Wake Technical Community College is seeing record enrollment as its students start their second semester this week and the North Carolina college is dealing…
An intial funding deal as Congress returns Politico Weekly Education An agreement among congressional leaders on overall budget totals means that some of the deepest cuts that House Republicans were seeking to education programs are…