U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh on Wednesday pitched to House members the key pillars of President Joe Biden’s broad-reaching and pricey plan to revamp the economy, upskill workers, raise equity and more. Community colleges would…
Participate in the U.S. Education Department’s Title IV Institutional Survey The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Wednesday will start emailing to financial aid administrators a survey on federal student aid to help ED provide the…
New CEOs James “Greg” Hodges will become the next president of Patrick Henry Community College (PHCC) in Virginia. He has 17 years of higher education experience, most recently as vice president of academics and student…
President Joe Biden on Friday afternoon unveiled his fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget request, which fleshes out some of the higher education highlights he announced in April, including increases for community colleges, Pell Grant awards,…
Bill supports more apprenticeship opportunities for African-Americans House hearing on pathways for dislocated workersMichigan college offers stipends for good attendance Bill supports more apprenticeship opportunities for African-Americans A House bill introduced this week would provide…
To promote STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math), several federal agencies — including the U.S. Education Department — recently announced a few STEM-related funding opportunities. In April, ED released two notices for fiscal year…
San Antonio College (SAC), which is one of five colleges in the Alamo Colleges District in Texas, is the winner of the 2021 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. When SAC President Robert Vela was…
ED promotes new federal program for tech discountResearching student parents’ experiences at community collegesPreparing disconnected youths for apprenticeshipsCollege-educated adults on federal assistance ED promotes new federal program for tech discount The U.S. Education Department on…
Union and business leaders detailed at a House hearing Thursday their struggles to find skilled workers for trade careers, noting that partnering with K-12 schools could help to at least make students and families aware…
Four years ago, the Trump administration touted soon-to-arrive $1 trillion bipartisan legislation that would add to and improve upon the nation’s roads, bridges, ports and other infrastructure. The legislation never materialized. But the need to…