Santa Cruz Sentinel. Documentarian and San Jose State sociology professor Bob Gliner worries that career and skills training programs could become a casualty of an era focused on standardized test results. In his latest one-hour production, “Job Centered Learning,” Gliner, of Boulder Creek, focuses on a nationwide struggle he refers […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education. Explore the five sortable tables below to discover how the states and the District of Columbia compare in terms of their demographic challenges, the educational level of their residents, faculty pay, college enrollment, tuition costs, and much more. For an overview of higher education in […]
Inside Higher Ed. When the Department of Education gathered comments this summer ahead of an overhaul of its gainful-employment rule, it heard a litany of familiar refrains from representatives of the for-profit college sector. They argued that the rule, which holds career programs accountable for graduating students with debt they […]
The Signal. Throughout the country there has been a push toward Career Technical Education (CTE), programs and pathways that provide students with the academic and technical skills they need to succeed in future careers. According to the U.S. Department of Education, California served 772,350 CTE high school students and 892,396 […]
Inside Higher Ed Men Flock to Short-Term Career Ed Some critics argue colleges aren’t doing enough to help working-class men earn certificates, but one Arkansas community college has found success in short-term programs. Is federal policy keeping up? By Ashley A. Smith August 10, 2017 Since the presidential election, some have […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education. Purdue University, as expected, won state approval on Thursday for its deal to take over Kaplan University. But as the transaction now moves to the U.S. Department of Education for review of a “change of control” request, a critic of the deal is urging the […]
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The Chronicle of Higher Education – The Ticker Education Dept.’s Progress Is Stalled in Complying With Consumer Rule The Education Department has not made any progress toward generating data this year to comply with the Obama-era gainful-employment rule and does not have “any timetable” for doing so, according to a letter last […]
Career Education Review August 4, 2017 Jenny 0 Gainful Employment Electronic Announcement #107 – Information for GE Reporting by the October 1, 2017 Deadline This Electronic Announcement reminds institutions of the upcoming requirement that they must submit Gainful Employment (GE) program data to NSLDS for the 2016-2017 award year by October […]
Good Jobs Data 30 Million Workers without a Bachelor’s Degree Have Good Jobs Although the decline in the manufacturing economy eliminated many good jobs for high school graduates, there are still 30 million good jobs in the U.S. that pay well without a BA. These good jobs have median earnings of […]