Siouxfalls.Business Jonathan Ellis September 26, 2024 South Dakota’s push to emphasize the value of trade schools through public-private partnerships is unmatched in the rest of the country, TV personality Mike Rowe told an audience Thursday at Southeast Technical College. Rowe, the host of “Dirty Jobs,” a show that highlights blue-collar […]
Higher Ed Dive Ben Unglesbee September 27, 2024 We’re rounding up top recent stories, from watchdog reports on the FAFSA debacle to surcharges on students at Arizona State University. From missed calls at Education Department helplines to charges being passed on to students to make up for state funding shortfalls, […]
Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman September 24, 2024 The clock is ticking for the California governor to sign or veto other key higher ed bills that would ban scholarship displacement and legacy admissions. While California governor Gavin Newsom signed some higher education–related bills into law over the weekend, a key […]
CNBC Juhohn Lee September 21, 2024 Key Points A growing number of men in their prime working years, ages 25 to 54, are dropping out of the workforce. About 10.5% of that group, or roughly 6.8 million men nationwide, were neither working nor looking for employment in August 2024, according […]
Minding the Campus Rob Jenkins September 23, 2024 Since March 2020, at least 64 colleges—mostly small, private liberal arts schools—have either closed or announced they will be closing, affecting almost 46,000 students. This follows a decade that saw nearly 900 colleges shut their doors. Most of those, however, were for-profit institutions, […]
Inside Higher Ed Liam Knox September 24, 2024 Government investigators dissected the federal aid form’s botched rollout at a congressional hearing Tuesday. Their findings paint a familiar picture of bureaucratic bungling, with some telling new details. A government watchdog’s investigation into last year’s rollout of the new Free Application for […]
The Hill Lexi Lonas Cochran September 20, 2024 Conservatives have secured multiple victories in the higher education space the past few years, taking advantage of missteps by opponents and a more aggressive movement that is unlikely to slow down its battle with college administrators. A major blow to affirmative action, eliminating […]
Cal Matters Adam Echelman September 20, 2024 In summary California taxpayers fund career education at high schools, adult schools, community colleges, regional occupational programs and for-profit trade schools. Critics say it reflects “an incredible lack of coordination.” The governor says he’s producing a “master plan” to remedy that. Welcome to […]
Working Nation Ramona Schindelheim September 17, 2024 Lightcast’s The Rising Storm predicts a six-million worker deficit by 2032 There’s a massive labor shortage on the horizon and employers must act now in order to have enough skilled workers to fill in-demand jobs, according to a new report from Lightcast. The report […]
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott September 19, 2024 The University of Maryland Global Campus’s agreement with online program provider Coursera to pay “service fees” based on the number of students who enroll in cybersecurity degree programs violates federal law, according to a new lawsuit, though the practice is allowed under […]