College tuition waiver opens doors for Oregon students who experienced homelessness Oregon Live The Youth Experiencing Homelessness tuition and fee waiver enables current or former homeless youth to pursue degrees at Oregon’s community colleges and…
A new donor collaborative is committing $7 million to postsecondary education innovation. Eight education foundations have joined forces to launch the Innovative Postsecondary Models (IPM) Fund to invest in organizations demonstrating that postsecondary education can be…
At Middlesex Community College in Massachusetts, conversations between faculty, staff and students look very different now. It’s not uncommon for instructors or support staff to describe for students how they fell behind academically themselves, had…
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Thursday voted along party lines, 12-11, for Keith Sonderling to serve as labor secretary. The nomination now heads to the full Senate for a final…
Community colleges brace for local cuts after Texas funding shortchanges them millions Associated Press Texas community college administrators spoke publicly for the first time about the stress that the state funding shortfall puts on their…
Nearly 700 students earned degrees and certificates this spring at Western Nevada College (WNC), marking the largest graduating class in the history of the college. For a small rural community college serving more than 12,000…
This spring, a student named Cedric graduated from Forsyth Technical Community College (North Carolina) with his associate degree in nursing. He’d stopped out once before finishing it, and he came back through NC Reconnect, the…
Gates Foundation bets on credentials, AI to reach students before 2045 sunset The 74 The massive philanthropy updated its long-term strategy Wednesday, including a central place for new AI tools. Commentary: ICE raids may be…
The Lowe’s Foundation this week announced nearly $8 million in grants to 10 community and technical colleges to support workforce development in the skilled trades professions to help fill a national shortage of skilled workers….
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is among a group of higher education organizations supporting a Senate bill that they say is “one of the most significant opportunities in decades” to modernize the nation’s…