The U.S. Education Department (ED) this week issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) reminding colleges and universities of their responsibilities in disclosing and accurately representing their partnerships with online program managers (OPMs). OPMs and other…
College foundation launches wildfire emergency fund Winners of ED’s Postsecondary Success Recognition Program Tennessee’s Navigate Reconnect helps older students College foundation launches wildfire emergency fund The Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges announced on…
Efforts to reauthorize the nation’s main workforce development law fizzled in December, but leaders on the House Education and Workforce Committee seemed poised to try to get it done early in the new Congress. The…
The National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center said on Monday that a methodological error in a preliminary report on fall 2024 college enrollments skewed findings on freshmen figures and dual enrollments. The report released in…
New data from the National Center on Education Statistics (NCES) support findings that recent enrollment increases at public community colleges are driven by non-credential-seeking students — most likely dual-enrollment students — as well as first-time-in-college…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) disbursed $31.47 billion in Pell grants to 6.53 million students in the 2023-24 academic year, based on preliminary year-end data. This represents a significant increase from the prior year, when…
The Community College of Vermont (CCV) and the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) are expanding the Corrections Post-Secondary Education Initiative (CPSEI) partnership, which delivers free college courses to DOC staff and Vermonters who are incarcerated….
The U.S. Education Department (ED) published a December 31 Federal Register notice that specifies the “earnings threshold” by state that gainful employment (GE) program completers must meet or exceed on average in order for the…
Eighteen community colleges will share $65 million through the fifth round of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants program. DOL said in a release that the grantees will provide workforce development…
Just before the new year, the U.S. Education Department (ED) released final rules on program integrity and institutional quality that reflect the positions of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) in key areas. In particular,…