Community colleges are taking on a growing role in preparing K-12 teachers, helping to address a shortage that disproportionately affects rural and urban communities. According to the Learning Policy Institute, 48 states and the District…
Public community college enrollment increased by 1.4% between fall 2023 and 2024, based on an American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) analysis of newly released data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Private,…
Public community colleges received $79 billion in total revenues during fiscal year 2023-24. An analysis by the American Association of Community Colleges of newly released data from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that roughly…
Nearly half (46.7%) of all student veterans were enrolled in public community colleges in the 2019-20 academic year (the most recent year with this data). Veterans comprised 4.2% of all community college students — a…
Public community colleges awarded more than 1.52 million credentials in the 2023-24 academic year, according to recently released data from the U.S. Education Department. The total number of credentials dropped in academic year (AY) 2019-20…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) recently released new data on full-year enrollments and credentials awarded by postsecondary institutions. This DataPoints examines the trends in these data for community colleges starting with the first year of…
State governments remain the largest source of revenue for community colleges, followed by local governments and then tuition, according to an analysis by the American Association of Community Colleges of data from the National Center…
Companies that use artificial intelligence (AI) in their operations are more likely, so far, to retrain employees than lay them off or adjust hiring practices, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey…
Title II of the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (WIOA) provides block grants to states for Adult Education and Literacy (AEFLA). The purpose of AEFLA’s basic state grant program is to: Assist adults to become…
The federal government disbursed roughly $88 billion in new federal loans in the 2023-24 fiscal year (July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024). Based on data from the U.S. Education Department’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System…