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The Great Labor Paradox: Tech Workers Laid Off While Ford Can’t Fill $120K Mechanic Jobs

CCE

November 22, 2025
Jim Farley has a problem that would make most CEOs envious. The Ford Motor Company chief executive has 5,000 jobs available right now.
The positions pay $120,000 a year—nearly double what the median American worker earns. Yet despite offering salaries that rival those of software engineers and management consultants, Farley can’t find enough people to fill them.
The jobs? Automotive mechanics.
“We have 5,000 open mechanic jobs at our dealerships right now,” Farley lamented on a recent podcast. “These aren’t simple positions.

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DOJ sues California over in-state tuition for undocumented students

Higher Ed Dive 

Laura Spitalniak
November 21, 2025
The lawsuit is the sixth the agency has filed under the Trump administration over state laws waiving out-of-state tuition for eligible undocumented students.
Dive Brief:
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing California over its laws allowing certain undocumented college students to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges and receive state-administered scholarships.
In a Thursday court filing, the agency argued that in-state tuition rates for undocumented students illegally provide benefits not offered to all U.S. citizens and asked a federal judge to rule California’s laws unconstitutional.
The lawsuit, which also names as defendants Gov. Gavin Newsom and the governing boards of California’s three public college systems, marks the sixth the DOJ has brought against states with in-state tuition policies for certain undocumented students.

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Workforce Pell Is Coming. Are State Legislatures Ready?

NCSL

Autumn Rivera and Austin Reid
November 21, 2025
A new Workforce Pell Grant could help states connect more adults to workforce training by expanding eligibility to short-term, workforce-aligned education and training programs.
Workforce Pell represents a new phase of federal investment in flexible workforce training that can scale in response to student and employer demand. For the first time, states will identify and approve eligible programs, while the U.S. Department of Education oversees program quality and performance.
The department plans to finalize regulations in the coming months and launch the program on July 1, 2026. State policymakers have time to prepare by understanding program mechanics, coordinating approval processes and incorporating the grant into broader workforce development strategies. As implementation begins, collaboration among states, institutions and the Education Department will be critical to ensuring a successful launch.

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Nursing Excluded as ‘Professional’ Degree By Department of Education

Nurse.org

Chaunie Brusie
November 20, 2025
Key Takeaways
Graduate nursing students will lose access to higher federal loan limits previously available to professional degree programs.
Nursing students will be excluded from certain loan forgiveness programs reserved for professional degrees.
These changes create significant financial obstacles for students pursuing advanced nursing education.
The U.S. Department of Education has officially excluded nursing in its recently revamped definition of “professional degree” programs. This change occurs as part of the implementation of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) and has nursing organizations nationwide raising alarms.
Currently, the new measures are scheduled to be implemented starting July 1, 2026.

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