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House Holds Hearing Focused on Lowering Higher Education Costs for Students

House Holds Hearing Focused on Lowering Higher Education Costs for Students

NASFAA Maria Carrasco November 19, 2025 The House Education & Workforce Committee met on Tuesday to discuss how innovative technologies and initiatives in higher education could be used to lower costs to students and families. The hearing touched on multiple technologies and initiatives done through institutions and states, and included […]

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It’s Time to Break Up the Programmatic Accrediting Agency Monopolies

It’s Time to Break Up the Programmatic Accrediting Agency Monopolies

Inside Higher Ed Diane Auer Jones November 19, 2025 The current model has fueled credential inflation in the health sciences. During the first Trump administration, we promulgated new regulations for accrediting agency recognition that restored a college’s freedom to select an institutional accrediting agency that best aligns with its mission, purpose […]

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US Departments of Labor, Education announce new elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education partnerships

US Departments of Labor, Education announce new elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education partnerships

U.S. Department of Labor  November 18, 2025 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Departments of Labor and Education today announced new interagency agreements to break up the federal education bureaucracy, ensure efficient delivery of funded programs, and move closer to fulfilling the President’s promise to return education to the states. By partnering with agencies […]

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Education Department outsources program management to other agencies

Education Department outsources program management to other agencies

Higher Ed Dive Kara Arundel November 18, 2025 Interagency agreements would shift management of six department programs, including certain grants for higher education institutions, to other agencies. The U.S. Department of Education is transferring management of six programs to other federal agencies in the Trump administration’s continued push to eventually close the […]

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Jobs Report: Hiring Flat for 2026 Grads

Jobs Report: Hiring Flat for 2026 Grads

Inside Higher Ed Emma Whitford November 17, 2025 Employers are increasingly using skills-based hiring processes that value college internship and co-op experience over GPAs. Forty-five percent of employers consider the job market to be “fair,” and they are projecting a 1.6 percent year-over-year increase in hiring for the Class of […]

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MiscRanked: The 20 Highest Paying Careers That Don’t Need a College Degree

MiscRanked: The 20 Highest Paying Careers That Don’t Need a College Degree

Visual Capitalist Julie R. Peasley November 14, 2025 The 20 Highest Paying Careers That Don’t Need a College Degree This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Air traffic controllers top the list with a median […]

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The 25 Best Medical Trade Schools in the United States

The 25 Best Medical Trade Schools in the United States

Rebellion Research November 15, 2025 The 25 Best Medical Trade Schools in the United States Colleges Ranking Index by Rebellion Research Medical trade schools have become essential to the modern healthcare workforce. These institutions train medical assistants, dental assistants, surgical technologists, phlebotomists, pharmacy technicians, ultrasound technicians, medical billing specialists, and […]

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Education Department zeroes in on 4-year colleges for expanded IPEDS collection

Education Department zeroes in on 4-year colleges for expanded IPEDS collection

Higher Ed Dive  Laura Spitalniak November 12, 2025 The plan would exclude two-year colleges and open-enrollment institutions that award financial aid solely based on need. Dive Brief:  Only four-year institutions would be subject to significantly stepped-up reporting requirements for admissions data disaggregated by race and sex, under a notice issued by the […]

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