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President Trump Takes Real Action to Promote Jobs in the Skilled Trades

President Trump Takes Real Action to Promote Jobs in the Skilled Trades

AFPI Christopher Schorr, Ph.D., and Matthew Lobel May 10, 2025 President Trump Takes executive Action to Promote employment in family-sustaining Skilled Trades PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STREAMLING FRAGMENTED FEDERAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS A new executive order signed by President Trump directs the Departments of Education, Labor, and Commerce to develop a “Comprehensive Worker […]

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Congress Could Make Paying for College Even More Complicated

Congress Could Make Paying for College Even More Complicated

Inside Higher Ed Liam Knox May 12, 2025 House Republicans proposed sweeping changes to financial aid, federal loans and program cost estimates that could make paying for college more challenging and expensive. Ask any parent or prospective student and they’ll likely tell you that between opaque financial aid calculations, questions […]

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What’s behind Gen Z’s shift from college to trade schools? ROI

What’s behind Gen Z’s shift from college to trade schools? ROI

Fountain Hills Times Independent  Steve Hunsaker May 2, 2025 I’ve spent the last decade building multiple home service businesses in Arizona. Along the way, I’ve helped nearly 300 other service business owners do the same. What I’m seeing now is a massive shift: Gen Z is walking away from the […]

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How publicly traded higher education companies are performing

How publicly traded higher education companies are performing

Higher Ed Dive  May 9, 2025 We’re keeping track of companies’ profits, losses and strategies to monitor major developments in the higher ed industry. The U.S. higher education sector includes a handful of publicly traded companies, which are federally required to regularly provide updates about their business and performance. These […]

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Fraud in California community colleges triggers call for Trump investigation

Fraud in California community colleges triggers call for Trump investigation

Cal Matters Adam Echelman April 25, 2025 In summary Following CalMatters reporting, California’s Republican representatives are calling for the U.S. Department of Education and Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate how California’s community colleges are handling financial aid fraud. Nine Republican U.S. representatives are calling on U.S. Education Secretary Linda […]

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Accreditors Sound Off on Executive Order

Accreditors Sound Off on Executive Order

Inside Higher Ed Josh Moody April 25, 2025 The Trump administration aims to overhaul accreditation. Agencies say they are willing to work with the federal government on reforms, but Trump’s claims are misleading. President Donald Trump followed through on his campaign trail rhetoric Wednesday, taking aim at accreditors in an […]

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Dick Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat, won’t seek re-election

Dick Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat, won’t seek re-election

Fox News Michael Dorgan and Paul Steinhauser April 23, 2025 Durbin was first elected to the Senate in 1996 and is currently the Senate Democratic whip Sen. Dick Durbin, D- Ill., the Senate Democratic whip and the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, has announced he will not seek re-election […]

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