The U.S. Education Department on late Friday announced that it will extend to January 15 the deadline for institutions to provide a battery of information on their Title IV students under “financial value transparency” (FVT)…
A bipartisan group of 20 senators sent a letter this week to the U.S. Education Department (ED) asking to delay the institutional reporting deadline for gainful employment (GE) and financial value transparency (FVT) to July…
A new federal report projecting employment over the next decade shows that healthcare and social assistance is expected to have the largest growth and be the fastest-growing industry sector between 2023 and 2033. Employment growth…
Adding to a stream of judicial decisions that directly affect community colleges and their students, U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to lift an injunction against implementing the Biden administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education…
Roughly one-fifth (20.4%) of public community college enrollment consisted of students still in high school in the 2022-23 academic year, according to newly released data from the U.S. Education Department (ED). For the first time,…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Tuesday announced more details of its plan to test the 2025-26 FAFSA process with a select group of organizations and students beginning October 1 and then gradually open it…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has filed comments to the U.S. Education Department (ED) on behalf of the community college sector pertaining to a July 24 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on distance…
American politics are divisive. In this election year, the lines are clearly drawn, and compromise is not on the agenda. I have written about the community college leader’s role in finding compromise on campus. Perhaps…
Community colleges today serve a wide range of students — from degree-seeking to dual enrollment to noncredit students. However, not all state funding policies have kept up with this reality. A new project from the…
Higher education leaders across America have been white-knuckle doomscrolling on their cell phones in recent weeks, aghast at headlines warning about what a conservative takeover of the White House and Congress in November might mean…