Changing course
On September 25, a Chinese intercontinental ballistic missile passed high over the small South Pacific island and U.S. territory of Guam in a People’s Liberation Army test, triggering agitation on the island as to whether…
Student success
Turning inmates into students
4,460. That’s the number of incarcerated individuals who earned a GED through the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) from 2020 to 2024. And during the same period, enrollments in the GED prep classes,…
A modernized CTE framework for a changing world
In the last 20 years, technology and the workforce have changed dramatically. That was the impetus for Advance CTE to update the National Career Clusters Framework. First published in 2002, the framework was designed, with…
Higher ed’s responsibility to use OERs
Open educational resources (OER) represent more than just cost-saving tools — they are a significant social innovation. Experts from every field — the humanities, the sciences, business, technology and education — voluntarily contribute their time…
Empowering community colleges to prepare workforce for AI
By now, you’ve seen the predictions that artificial intelligence could replace entire job categories — from customer service to assembly line workers. It’s much more likely, however, that AI will be less of a job…
Deep dive into dual enrollment
A new comprehensive study of dual enrollment (ED) shows that the popular programs yield higher rates of students attending colleges and completing, but there are gaps in access and success for low-income, Black and Hispanic…
Alamo Colleges wins second Baldrige Award
The Alamo Colleges District (ACD) has become the first higher education institution to receive the prestigious Baldrige Award twice. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Thursday announced that…
AI in education: Moving beyond academic dishonesty
Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become a hot topic in conversations about education policies. When it first started gaining attention in academic circles, many of us were concerned about how it might be misused —…
A path for students to study the stars
A West Virginia University (WVU) researcher is paving the way for two-year community and technical college students to pursue astrophysics and astronomy at four-year institutions like WVU. The project, called Students Teams of Astrophysics Researchers — Undergraduate Pathways,…
DataPoints: How many credentials are students earning?
U.S. postsecondary educational institutions conferred nearly 5.4 million officially recognized graduate and undergraduate credentials — degrees, certificates, etc. — during the 2022-23 academic year. However, the count of credentials does not represent the number of…