Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott January 26, 2023 The Skills First Coalition, a group of American businesses and education and training providers, wants the 118th Congress to pass legislation that would expand Pell Grants to short-term programs, improve the transfer of credits between higher education institutions and support new approaches to credentialing and skills verification, […]
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Ed Source Ashley A. Smith January 25, 2023 Some campuses could see budget cuts Decreases in Cal State enrollment have officials worried. Interim Chancellor Jolene Koester first warned last year that enrollment projections were down across the 23 campus system. She now concludes that those drops are real and can undermine Cal State operations. “Our […]
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Arkansas Times Debra Hale-Shelton January 24, 2023 A nonprofit entity affiliated with the University of Arkansas System has been in discussions about a potential purchase of the for-profit University of Phoenix, a spokesman for the UA System confirmed today. The University of Phoenix is one of the nation’s largest for-profit colleges. “Because these conversations are ongoing, we are […]
Read MoreEd Source January 20, 2023 Seeking to recruit more transfer students, UC identified 65 colleges where it wants to deepen existing partnerships he University of California is planning to expand outreach at more than half of the state’s community colleges in an effort to increase the number of students who successfully transfer from those colleges. The […]
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