Alamo Colleges confronts $28M budget deficit as tax revenue falls short San Antonio Report Stagnant property values, slow residential property sales, new tax exceptions and funding changes have Alamo Colleges District officials preparing to address…
Commentary: A healthy exception: community colleges and the nursing crisis Capitol Weekly Allow California’s community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees in nursing. The health and well-being of the state depend on it. Maricopa Community College…
Gov. Greg Abbott to Texas colleges: Don’t increase tuition, fees Texas Tribune In a letter to public college and university presidents, Gov. Greg Abbott noted that his previous directive remains “fully in effect” and that…
Expanding apprenticeship The Job Community colleges and workforce boards are less likely to have reached out to smaller businesses about partnering on apprenticeships. But there are exceptions to that rule, such as Miami Dade College,…
‘I felt like I wasn’t learning’: Community college students struggle with online education CalMatters Researchers say it’s hard to know how the quality of online education compares to in-person courses because it’s subjective and because…
Funding reroute Politico’s Weekly Education A top Democratic lawmaker is blasting the Trump administration’s move to reallocate $350 million initially aimed at colleges with significant enrollments of minority students. Gateway to Careers Act gets second…
AAAS calls for confirmation hearing for NSF director Inside Higher Ed The head of one of the world’s largest science societies urged leaders of a Senate committee Thursday to hold an open confirmation hearing on…
The Education Department is hiring — while it’s being dismantled NPR After losing roughly half its staff in last year’s big reduction-in-force, the department’s student loan office is in a hiring boom. Audit finds University…
California community colleges crack down on fake students stealing financial aid CalMatters After a spike in fraudulent applications to California’s community colleges, school officials say they are getting better at detecting and preventing fraud, though…
Community college student from Michigan to be 1st woman to represent US at world welding competition Associated Press Mikala Sposito, a 21-year-old student at Michigan’s Washtenaw Community College, will be the first woman to represent…