Employers continue to be concerned that recent college graduates are unprepared for today’s workplace. A recent survey conducted by Lumina Foundation and Gallup found that a little more than half of employers say American colleges…
After a year in Copenhagen, Denmark, as a Fulbright Scholar, Saint Paul College (SPC) biology professor Kristyn VanderWaal Mills returned with a clearer picture of how different education systems prepare students for careers in science…
Corey Homer, president of Sussex County Community College (New Jersey), had been thinking about the success of the drone training program at nearby Warren County Community College – considering how his students could benefit from such…
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…
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 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…
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 United States is experiencing a resurgence of manufacturing investment. New semiconductors, electric vehicles, batteries, advanced materials and clean energy facilities are emerging across the country. Federal initiatives such as the CHIPS and Science Act…
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) last week published a 444-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) addressing the “uniform guidance” that covers grant administration across the federal government. These blanket policies will potentially affect all…