On July 1, 2026, one of the most consequential workforce development policies in decades will take effect. On this day, after years of bipartisan advocacy, the Workforce Pell Grant program will officially go live. As…
Hyde-Smith helps introduce bipartisan community college agricultural education bill American Ag Network The Community College Agriculture Advancement Act (S. 4730) would amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to give…
On Tuesday, student teams that comprised the 12 college finalists for the 2026 Community College Innovation Challenge pitched their STEM-related solutions for real-world problems during a poster session held at the Cannon House Office Building…
Twelve teams of community college students from across the United States spent months using creative thinking and classroom learning to design innovations to solve real-world problems. On June 9, they had the opportunity to showcase…
Community colleges have earned their current moment in the sun. While private four-year institutions are seeing enrollment decline and public universities have grown modestly, community colleges have surged. They’ve added 173,000 undergraduate students last fall,…
The biggest expansion of federal scholarship money in 50 years is at hand — and almost nobody is ready for it Hechinger Report Hundreds of millions are available, but states are scrambling to put the…
A bill to crack down on financial aid fraud passed the House on Wednesday. The measure, which passed 249-172, would require the U.S. Department of Education to set up an identity fraud detection system for…
Undocumented students may no longer be welcome in Florida colleges, adult education Miami Herald For undocumented immigrants trying to learn English, earn a high school-equivalency diploma or take the first step toward college, Florida is…
The House Appropriations Committee approved the all-important Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS-ED) fiscal year 2027 appropriations bill on Tuesday on a party-line vote. The bill is now set to be considered by…
The Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) Foundation announced a $50,000 leadership gift in support of the Pennsylvania college’s “Future Takes Flight” Aviation Capital Campaign, marking the first public contribution toward the initiative. The investment…