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What to know about Dallas College’s new downtown El Centro project Dallas Morning News The project includes an all-new, consolidated downtown El Centro campus at its existing site, as well as technology, innovation and business…

‘Workforce Pell’ kicks off, but colleges find that few programs qualify NPR Community colleges are finding many of their workforce training programs are too short or too long or just don’t fall within the allotted…

California legislature to vote on $128B budget for schools, community colleges EdSource The $128 billion portion of the 2026-27 budget covering schools and community colleges grew by about $400 million from what Newsom proposed in…

What to know about Dallas College’s new downtown El Centro project Dallas Morning News Dallas College’s El Centro campus in downtown Dallas is set to undergo a $500 million expansion, aiming to create a “knowledge…

Commentary: Texas community college enrollment slips while four-year rates stay stable Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (blog) Amid the declining two-year enrollment, student outcomes have improved substantially. This suggests that the higher education landscape is…

North Carolina opens applications for Workforce Pell, with first deadline set for July 15 EdNC North Carolina is one of the first states to open Workforce Pell applications ahead of the program’s implementation in July….

Advertising, training fairs, free tuition: How one state is trying to get more men into college Hechinger Report In Michigan, an effort to encourage more men to earn degrees and certificates has yet to pay…

California lawmakers look to settle turf war over community college bachelor’s degrees EdSource Lawmakers are weighing legislation that would restrict when four-year universities can object to new community college bachelor’s degrees. Commentary: Scientists may design…

The noncredit pipeline is invisible. Workforce Pell could change that. Benazir Rowe (Substack) Federal education statistics data currently see 22,624 truck-driving certificates issued per year. The real number is far larger, and Workforce Pell is…

Community colleges are kind of underrated The Indicator from Planet Money (National Public Radio) Community colleges are hot right now, growing faster nationwide than four-year colleges. So we decided to call a few of them…