The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced its intent to update the salary level threshold for “white-collar” exemptions to parts of the Fair Labor Standards Act, a regulatory change that could significantly affect community…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) has extended the period in which institutions can apply to qualify for its MSI/SIP Eligibility Matrix. It is used to pre-certify institutional status for Title III, V and VII Higher…
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the current issue of the Community College Journal, published by the American Association of Community Colleges. Addressing equity gaps in career and technical education (CTE) and workforce development…
For prison education advocates, the passage of the FAFSA Simplification Act in December 2020 was a monumental achievement, one that could not have been anticipated just a few years prior. In addition to streamlining the…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) last Friday concluded the first of three one-week negotiated rulemaking (“neg reg”) sessions of the Committee on Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility for the Title IV student aid programs Negotiated Rulemaking…
Digital technology is disrupting all sectors of the economy and higher education is not an exception. Between 1997 and 2006, we witnessed the use of networked computers for collaborative learning, and the following decade was…
Community colleges are getting a larger share of the higher education spotlight these days. For those of us who have spent many years working to advance the nation’s community colleges, we welcome the coverage and…
The Biden administration on Thursday announced funding and other initiatives to support community colleges and their students, as well additional guidance on using previously awarded Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds. Continuing the Biden administration’s focus…
Community colleges have been dominated by the coronavirus pandemic for the past two years. The pivot to virtual learning was driven by necessity, but community colleges were not strangers to online learning. Pre-pandemic, community colleges…
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