Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake August 11, 2025 President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape higher education and the federal government have spurred a flurry of lawsuits as higher education associations, students, legal advocacy organizations and colleges push back and seek relief through the courts. The lawsuits started almost immediately after […]
Community College Daily August 11, 2025 The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) has launched a new return-on-investment (ROI) metric and dashboards to help students, policymakers and institutional leaders explore trends in student outcomes among the commission’s institutional members, which are primarily California community colleges. The Student Achievement Dashboards pull from three data sources: […]
U.S. Department of Education August 4, 2025 Late on Friday, I was greatly honored that the U.S. Senate confirmed me as 15th Under Secretary of Education. As a first-generation college student who received a Pell Grant from this very Department, it is now my privilege to lead this talented team […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake August 5, 2025 Kent said Monday he will “restore the greatness of American higher education.” Some experts question how he’ll do that. Nicholas Kent, a career higher education policy expert and now the Department of Education’s under secretary, has made his priorities for American colleges […]
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott August 4, 2025 The U.S. Senate voted 50 to 45 to confirm Nicholas Kent as under secretary at the Education Department, where he’ll oversee higher ed policy, USA Today reported. Kent, who was most recently the deputy secretary of education in Virginia, has lobbied on behalf […]
The Welder August 5, 2025 Dan Davis Situation The Will-Burt Co. is an international OEM serving many different industries, including defense, telecommunications, and energy. The company’s campus in Orville, Ohio, has more than 250,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing and assembly space, some of which is used to fabricate sheet metal for […]
Inside Higher Ed Josh Moody August 6, 2025 he Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission is expanding its dashboard to provide more details about the outcomes at institutions accredited by the organization, a move intended to provide clear data about student’s return on investment. The […]
Yahoo Finance Judy Lagrou August 5, 2025 (Bloomberg) — A skilled worker shortage and the federal government’s push to increase manufacturing in the U.S. are turning two for-profit vocational school operators — Lincoln Educational Services (LINC) and Universal Technical Institute (UTI) — into two of the hottest small cap stocks […]
AEI Preston Cooper August 5, 2025 Last Friday, the US Senate confirmed Nicholas Kent as Under Secretary of Education, a top Education Department official who will oversee the agency’s work on postsecondary education. Kent’s distinguished career in higher education policy—previously, he served as Deputy Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth […]
NASFAA Maria Carrasco August 1, 2025 With Congress’ deadline to fund the federal government for fiscal year (FY) 2026 drawing near, the Senate Appropriations Committee kicked off the process of funding the Department of Education (ED) for the upcoming cycle by unveiling and advancing a spending bill that would flat-fund key student […]