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CHEA President Addresses Accreditation and Equity Gaps in Higher Education at Baruch College

Dr. Nasser Paydar, a former assistant secretary for higher education at the U.S. Department of Education, said higher ed leaders should keep a close eye on proposed legislation that would transfer accrediting power to states.

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National Initiative Targets the ‘Black Box’ of Noncredit Workforce Education

A new initiated spearheaded by Rutgers University and the National Council for Workforce Education includes a diverse group of institutions marking a shift toward centering the lived experiences of noncredit students.

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When AI Is Everywhere, the Humanities Become Even More Important

At Achieving the Dream 2026, panelists discussed student success, democracy, and work in an automated age.

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Survey: Most Now View Higher Ed as a Good Investment

Cengage Group’s 2024 Employability Report suggests that there is a growing focus on workplace skills and GenAI’s impact on career readiness.

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Foundation Awards $116M Grant to LaGuardia Community College

The gift to LaGuardia Community College helps create a state-of-the-art workforce training center.

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Anne Arundel Community College Builds Center with Local Donations

Anne Arundel Community College turned to the community to raise $4.25 million to construct new building.

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Iowa Awards Community Colleges $4M to Prepare Students to Fill Jobs

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College Promise Programs Launch Innovative Solutions to Achieve Economic Mobility

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment in the United States reached 14.8% in April 2020. Given the high number of hiring freezes and job losses, post-secondary enrollment and revenue plummeted. Earning an education was no longer attainable or affordable for many potential and current students. Now, as the nation turns toward recovery, College […]

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Colleges Respond to Demand for More Nurses Through Partnership for Four-Year Degree

MARINETTE, Wis. (WBAY) – The coronavirus has put increasing demands on the health care industry in the past several months. This comes as the Administrators of Nursing Education of Wisconsin predicts a shortage of 27,000 nurses in the state in the next 20 years. Two colleges are trying to address those concerns with new options […]

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Community Colleges, Facing Major Enrollment Drops, Prep for a Virtual Fall Semester

Community colleges typically face a predictable calculus: Unemployment goes up, more people seek job training and affordable tuition, so enrollment rises. The economy improves, unemployment goes down, and enrollment drops. But the coronavirus pandemic has broken all the rules. Despite high unemployment, Thomas Nelson and Tidewater community colleges are facing significant enrollment declines. As of […]

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Roueche Center Forum: Diversifying the Undergraduate Engineering Education Pathway – An Opportunity for the Community College

Vision 2030, a recently released report from the National Science Board (NSB), is the latest in a plethora of warnings that the American way of life is threatened because we are in danger of falling behind in STEM, the disciplines that have powered American prosperity for decades. The current COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the power and promise […]

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25 Illinois Community Colleges Make It Easier for Employers to Recruit Their Job-Ready Talent, for Free

Illinois employers seeking job-ready talent now have a free resource to post jobs: the Illinois Community Colleges Jobs Consortium website, powered by College Central Network, Inc. (CCN). The CollegeCentral.com/ilccjobs website makes it both free and easy for all employers–large and small, public and private–to register just once and then post an unlimited number of jobs […]

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