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…
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Last month, the State of Minnesota introduced a new tool to help prospective students understand how much they will be earning in future years. The…
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…
Earlier this week, the Chronicle published an article that contained all the arguments that I predicted last month against changing the overtime rules for higher…
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…
If you grew up sometime between the 1960’s and the 2000’s, you undoubtedly heard the college sales pitch. If you went to college, your lifetime…
In recent years, real wages among workers have grown. Not by much – 3% since 2019, but given that wage growth was either stagnant or…
In response to a growing shortage of workers, some employers (including the State of Michigan) have revamped their education requirements for certain positions. In some…