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…
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,…
Though many colleges provide education programs for people in prison, some colleges are celebrating firsts this commencement season. In New York, Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) last month held its first commencement ceremony inside…
The Aspen Institute today named the 10 community college finalists for the 2027 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The Aspen Prize, which is backed by $1 million in award funds, honors colleges that achieve…
Enrollment in certificate programs at community colleges continues to show big gains, increasing 12.1% this spring compared to last spring, according to a final spring enrollment tally from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center….
The Education Department’s “Report on the Condition of Education 2026” has some interesting findings regarding two-year colleges in areas of enrollment, outcomes and earnings. For example, between academic years 2013-14 and 2023-24, the number of…
Federal funds for three CCRC projects reinstated Senate bill would create workforce training partnership grants Boggs family creates scholarship endowment Plan moves forward to bring pro baseball to college campus Federal funds for three CCRC…
For decades, quantum science has held theoretical promise but remained largely the realm of university and government lab researchers. In recent years, however, the commercial potential of quantum — which holds the promise to drastically…