Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) this month again reintroduced bipartisan legislation to allow Pell grants to be used for certain short-term, high-quality workforce development programs. Kaine, along with Sens. Tina Smith (D-Minnesota), Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) and…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Monday announced it is nixing recently revised data collection requirements for Perkins V programs. ED called the Biden administration requirements “a misguided regulatory reporting scheme” that would require states…
Community college students comprise 39% of all U.S. undergraduates, with nearly half (49%) of Hispanic college and university students attending community college, according to the new Fast Facts 2025 from the American Association of Community…
To help fill a huge gap in the nation’s cybersecurity workforce, the chair of the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday reintroduced a bill that would provide full scholarships to college students pursuing a two-year…
Federal budget scorekeepers have just provided both good news and bad news for the Pell Grant program. The good news is that more students are qualifying for grants, and many are receiving larger ones. These…
Coalinga College chemistry professor Kenneth Henry enjoys a rare distinction. He is the only community college faculty member to have mentored two teams selected for the finalist round of the Community College Challenge (CCIC) in…
The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded its proposed pause of federal funding, which was placed on temporary hold until February 3 by a federal district court. A January 29 memo from Acting Office of Management…
President Donald Trump this week released a directive to the heads of executive departments and agencies to pause all spending on federal grants, loans and financial assistance programs to evaluate whether they are “implicated by” the…
As with any new presidential administration, we are working to engage with President Trump and his team to ensure that community colleges remain top of mind as new policies and programs are implemented at the…
Community colleges are leaving more than $115 million on the table annually in Medicaid funding that they could use to support student health and basic needs, according to a new study. Only 3% of community…