The College Board last week issued its latest annual report detailing the most-recent information on college costs and student aid — the financing equation. The document, “Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid,” provides a…
Everything about Zach Oxendine exudes energy and purpose. One of seven children born to deaf parents in rural South Carolina and a member of the Lumbee tribe of Native Americans, he charted his own path…
STEM educators and industry partners are poised to benefit from the CHIPS and Science Act that will funnel $280 billion into the semiconductor industry while a new bill seeks to direct $1.4 billion to community…
Commentary: Harvard is less important than you thinkThe CrimsonThe colleges that teach the most students and have the largest impact on educational opportunity are facing a very different set of problems than elite institutions. So,…
The chief information officer of a university, who was serving on a panel about the future of information technology in higher education, made this prophetic, frightening and probably accurate statement about funding: “We’ll never have…
A few photos from last week’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigator’s Conference in Washington, D.C. The annual event is managed by the American Association of Community Colleges with support from the National Science Foundation….
How employers view an associate degreeU.S. News & World Report“What we’re seeing at the national level is large companies looking at community colleges to advance their own workforce,” says Martha Parham, senior vice president for…
A $10 million gift will allow Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) to modernize its business building and transform its School of Business. The gift from the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation is the…
One person worked in a grocery store; another waited on tables. A third didn’t know what to do after high school. And then there was the high-achieving high school sophomore. For all four, a turning…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Thursday released final regulations that will usher the reinstatement of Pell Grant eligibility for individuals in prison that is set to begin next summer. More than 760,000 people in…