The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights issued a Dear Colleague letter on February 14 outlining its interpretation of the legal obligations of educational institutions since the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for…
As campus officials are aware, the U.S. Education Department’s (ED) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) sent a “Dear Colleague” letter on February 14 to institutions of higher education to “clarify and reaffirm the nondiscrimination obligations…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) is extending the deadline for Gainful Employment/Financial Value Transparency (GE/FVT) reporting to September 30. Colleges also have until September 30 to review and submit corrections to Completers’ Lists, according to…
My maternal grandfather was a tough guy to impress, particularly about the role and value of education. He was a traditional Italian-American man, with an endless work ethic and had dropped out of formal education…
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Sixteen years ago, I stepped into the world of higher education. I never imagined I would find myself here, serving as a community college president of Bay College in central Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.) If…
On your daily commute, you probably see numerous electric vehicles (EVs) on the road, even if you don’t know it. Once novel and prohibitively expensive, EVs have become far more mainstream in recent years. Technological…
Excerpted with permission from the new book Who Needs College Anymore? Imagining a Future Where Degrees Won’t Matter by Kathleen deLaski, February 2025, published by Harvard Education Press. deLaski, founder and board chair of Education…
As the demands of higher education evolve, community college leaders often find themselves navigating competing priorities, making work-life balance seem out of reach. However, the start of a new year presents an opportunity to reassess…
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…