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Why community colleges can’t be fixed — they must be rebuilt

Why community colleges can’t be fixed — they must be rebuilt

Community College Daily  Mordecai Ian Brownlee January 15, 2026 As America’s demographic, economic, political and technological realities continue to shift, so too do society’s expectations of higher education and its community colleges. Resilient by Design, recently published by the American Association of Community Colleges, is a transformative guide for institutions to embrace the reality that resilience […]

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Trump Administration Begins to Send ED Employees to DOL

Trump Administration Begins to Send ED Employees to DOL

NASFAA Maria Carrasco January 16, 2026 The Trump administration on Thursday announced its next steps to dismantle the Department of Education (ED) by sending higher education agency staff over to the Department of Labor (DOL) beginning next week, a move that is also complicating congressional negotiations over ED’s annual funding. Staff in the Higher […]

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Five Takeaways From the Higher Ed Accountability Rulemaking

Five Takeaways From the Higher Ed Accountability Rulemaking

AEI Preston Cooper January 15, 2026 Colleges which fail to deliver a return on investment for their graduates have been put on notice. Last week, the Education Department convened a negotiated rulemaking committee to draft implementing regulations for a section of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) that holds colleges accountable […]

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Governor Newsom announces funding for construction workforce training program to help support Los Angeles recovery efforts

Governor Newsom announces funding for construction workforce training program to help support Los Angeles recovery efforts

Governor Gavin Newsom January 14, 2026 What you need to know: A workforce development program funded through Governor Newsom’s LA Rises initiative,the Walter Family Foundation and state workforce recovery funding will help train construction workers and speed up rebuilding and recovery in Los Angeles. SACRAMENTO – A workforce development program funded through Governor […]

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Distance Education Enrollment Surges Nationwide

Distance Education Enrollment Surges Nationwide

Inside Higher Ed Joshua Bay January 15, 2026 From Mississippi to South Dakota, states are seeing increased enrollment in courses that rely on at least one form of technology as colleges expand online and hybrid options. Mississippi led the nation in distance education enrollment growth, according to a recent analysis […]

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AI and Our Next Conversations in Higher Education

AI and Our Next Conversations in Higher Education

Campus Technology Mary Grush January 12, 2026 Conversations about AI in higher education will now shift, from a focus on new functionality and experimentation, to accountability and the best strategic uses of the technology to solve problems. In higher education implementations of AI, student data privacy is a hard and […]

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The Four Stages of AI Integration in Education

The Four Stages of AI Integration in Education

U.S. Department of Education  Casey K. Sacks January 12, 2026 Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept; it’s already reshaping how we live, work, and learn. But in education, the path forward isn’t linear. Some educators embrace AI enthusiastically, others reject it outright, and many more find themselves in […]

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