Commentary: Aligning noncredit workforce with credit programs Homeroom (U.S. Education Department blog) Noteworthy practices and tools, including how to leverage Perkins to align noncredit and credit opportunities. ACCS tackling nursing shortage with new credential, healthcare…
Hochul proposes free community college for adults in high-demand career fields WHAM New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a plan on Tuesday to offer free tuition to state and city colleges for students pursuing associate…
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona reflects on FAFSA rollout, debt forgiveness NPR Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona talks about what went wrong and what went right in his department during the Biden administration. Santa Monica College…
Mills’ budget would increase cigarette tax, continue free community college Portland Press Herald Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ two-year budget proposal includes $25 million to continue funding the governor’s free community college program, and would make…
L.A.-area colleges and universities close, curtail in-person classes as wildfires spread EdSource Several Los Angeles-area colleges and universities have closed their campuses or otherwise curtailed in-person operations as multiple fast-moving wildfires forced thousands to evacuate,…
Learning curve: Most Texas community college graduates find work or transfer schools Houston Landing For the past decade, at least 85% to 90% of the state’s community college graduates have found work or enrolled in…
South Carolina tech schools seek $5M to expand dual enrollment for high schoolers in poor, rural districts South Carolina Daily Gazette Some 19,000 South Carolina high school juniors and seniors are simultaneously enrolled in college…
DOGE vs. the Education Department Politico’s Weekly Education Of the two leaders of DOGE [Trump’s committee dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency], Vivek Ramaswamy has made the most public remarks about education. He has asserted…
Community colleges gear up to train workers for America’s proposed manufacturing future PBS News Hour Schools like Cincinnati State Technical and Community College are key training grounds to prepare students for manufacturing jobs for which…
USNH, NH community colleges create 100 pathways to degrees Seacoastline.com New Hampshire’s public higher education systems have created more than 100 direct pathways designed to help students move smoothly from associate degree programs offered by…