The U.S. Education Department (ED) announced on Thursday the official release of the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA) to all students and families. After completing four rounds of beta testing, the form…
Based on traditional federal data — specifically, from the U.S. Education Department’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) — the “student success” rate at Tri-County Technical College (TCTC) in South Carolina doesn’t look so great. But when…
Community colleges continue to see an uptick among international students post-Covid, with a 12.7% increase in 2023-24 for a total of 59,315 enrollments, according to an annual report from the Institute of International Education (IIE)….
In what will be a relief to many community college officials, a federal judge in the Eastern District Court of Texas on Friday ruled to strike down the Biden administration’s Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime final rule….
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) will chair the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, where he is currently the ranking member. Chair Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) will likely serve as the committee’s ranking member. “It…
AACC’s Giving Tuesday initiative PBS to produce civics resources for young adults AACC’s Giving Tuesday initiative The American Association of Community College (AACC) has launched a Giving Tuesday initiative with participating member colleges to help…
The White House on Wednesday held a summit to raise awareness about career pathways and to tout some of the Biden administration’s workforce development efforts — with a big shoutout to community colleges. About 200…
When Thomas Barkin became the eighth president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Richmond Fed) in 2018, one of the things he wanted to take a closer look at was rural-versus-urban outcomes…
The National Center for Autonomous Technologies (NCAT) at Northland Community and Technical College (Minnesota) has added a veteran resource section to its website and will soon launch a portal that integrates information and services that…
The U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Education (ED) on Thursday announced a joint effort to boost college student access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, as millions of eligible postsecondary…