Earlier this month, the Salem-Keizer School District in Salem, OR began cutting its 2024-25 budget. The ultimate goal is to reduce its $605M general fund…
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A new report commissioned by legislators in Colorado examines the immediate and long-term values of a post-secondary education. Overall, those who earn a bachelor’s degree…
A new report released this week from the Project on Workforce and researchers at Harvard University identifies conditions that limit economic advancement for disadvantaged groups.…
Earlier this week, the US House Education and Workforce Committee voted to send a bill to the floor that would shift $160M in Pell Grant…
The Tennessee Promise scholarship program will be 10 years old in 2024. This scholarship program guarantees tuition for high school students who enroll in one…
A bill in the US House of Representatives would expand Pell Grants to short-term, workforce development grants. The legislation provides for a $160M expansion of…
Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the November jobs report. In a surprise move, the economy added another 200,000 jobs and unemployment fell…
So, the Detroit Regional Chamber is worried about the Michigan Reconnect program’s slow start. In its State of Education and Talent Report, the Chamber worries…
Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, NC has received notice from its accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) that…
The results of the most recent Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED), which the Federal Reserve conducts annually, shine some light on people’s perceptions…