Community colleges across Mississippi are eliminating nearly 250 jobs for the upcoming year to close budget gaps, and five are dropping at least one intercollegiate sport. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved….
Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday vetoed a far-reaching bill that would have boosted financial aid for high school students heading to college while attempting to lift Sunshine State schools into the ranks of elite…
President Donald Trump says apprenticeships could match workers with millions of open jobs, but he’s reluctant to devote more taxpayer money to the effort. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material…
As President Donald Trump this week outlines his training-to-jobs plan, the proposal is only a part of the effort to help Americans attain the education and training needed for good-paying careers. The second part is…
John J. Sygielski’s 655-mile bike ride this spring not only raised funds for students in financial need, it gave Dr. Ski, as he is known, an opportunity to briefly put aside from his mind the…
Rhode Island’s two Democratic U.S. senators said this week that they’re fighting to protect and expand the student financial aid program named for their predecessor Claiborne Pell. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights…
Apprenticeships continue to be a focus for the Trump administration as an important option to provide skills training for available U.S. jobs. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts -…
Under the terms of the law that reinstated it, the Year-round Pell Grant (YPG) program will start with the 2017-18 award year, which begins July 1. Students cannot receive an extra Pell award for the…
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faced another tough volley of questions over the president’s proposed education budget for the coming fiscal year. And again the criticism came from both Democrats and Republicans, this time from…
Arizona’s Pima Community College (PCC) and the University of Arizona will receive more than $1.3 million in grants for five years to fund Upward Bound programs at the two institutions. The funding will help to provide,…