The U.S. Education Department is expected on Monday to release its proposed rules on a new accountability system and related issues that will affect all of higher education. Under the proposed rules, undergraduate programs must…
Across the U.S., the future of work is being reshaped at an unprecedented pace. Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence are transforming industries, redefining jobs and accelerating the demand for new skills. Yet at the same…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) this week detailed its timeline and implementation of real-time identity screening procedures for applicants completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The changes aim to address the rise…
SEATTLE — The new president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) this past weekend unveiled her vision for the association’s work for the next decade, but DeRionne Pollard is clear that…
For decades, students transferring between colleges was a side road in American higher education. Today, it’s one of the system’s main highways. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reports that nearly 1.2 million students, or…
SEATTLE — Over the last 15 years, colleges have shifted from a focus on access to one on student success — primarily credential completion. Now, colleges need to focus on a different success metric: post-completion…
SEATTLE — Ten awards were given out Monday night at the American Association of Community Colleges‘ annual Awards of Excellence gala, in categories ranging from advancing institutional equity and belonging, to CEO of the year….
SEATTLE — “Community colleges are this country’s poverty abolitionists.” DeRionne Pollard, the new president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), said she would like to see that on a T-shirt. That’s…
SEATTLE — The nation’s leading association for community colleges is embarking on a reset that will guide its work over the next decade. On Saturday night at the opening plenary of the American Association of…
SEATTLE — U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) officials came to the annual conference of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) this weekend mainly to listen, with a particular interest in learning about innovations and…