Academics

Arizona Legislature Makes Massive Budget Cuts to Adult Education Programs

The move comes as institutions prepare for unprecedented federal support for workforce development programs.

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Student Loan Caps Could Make the Nursing Shortage Even Worse

New student loan caps could shrink the nursing pipeline. Fewer advanced nursing students means fewer educators and less access to care.

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Student Loan Caps Could Make the Nursing Shortage Even Worse

New student loan caps could shrink the nursing pipeline. Fewer advanced nursing students means fewer educators and less access to care.

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Colleges Keep Fixing Their Messaging. They're Avoiding the Real Problem.

Colleges try large scale rebranding to avoid fallout on hard discussions.

Ashley Northington is the vice chair of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s HBCU Success Advisory Board and a former divisional executive at the American Mathematical Society.

Workforce Development

Latino Student Success is the New Economic Imperative, Excelencia in Education Report Finds

Report maps the STEAM education-to-workforce pipeline and offers a roadmap for closing persistent gaps.

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Report: California Must Produce 1.3 Million More College Graduates to Meet 2030 Goals

Completion rates across California's three public higher education systems have remained largely flat in recent years.

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Community College Students Navigate Complex Paths to Noncredit Workforce Programs

Most students enrolling in community college noncredit workforce programs have already attempted traditional higher education—often multiple times—before finding their way to short-term credential programs.

Why Has Community College Enrollment Declined

Student Success Systems Show Dramatic Impact on Course Failure, Chronic Absenteeism Rates

Schools implementing comprehensive student success systems are achieving substantial reductions in chronic absenteeism and course failure rates — two critical predictors of high school graduation — according to new data released by the GRAD Partnership.

Yavapai College Becomes the First Community College in the Country to Offer an Optimized Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree

Students pursuing the three-year Bachelor of Applied Science in Business (BASB) degree will take 8-week courses offered completely online.

Report Shows Challenges, Strategies in Student Learning

Data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics show there was no measurable difference between 2021-22 and 2023-24 in the percentage of students who ended the school year a grade level behind in at least one subject.

ACT to Shorten College Entrance Exam

ACT makes changes to its college entrance exam, including offering an optional science section, to provide more flexibility to test-takers.

Kazama Selected Next Chancellor at Hawaii Community College

Susan Kazama has been named chancellor of Hawaii Community College.

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