Yesterday, I wrote about the Department of Education’s latest pass at a gainful employment mandate. The next step in reviving the rule is the release…
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We’re moving ever closer to the big “gainful employment” reveal. The Biden Administration has vowed to resuscitate the Obama-era gainful employment rules -with a twist.…
Mount Wachusett Community College in Worchester, MA announced a new banking certificate program. The Certificate of Banking Fundamentals program is a 27-credit certificate that the…
The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) has released its Spring 2023 enrollment figures. Among the state’s 48 community college campuses, 39 of them saw year-over-year…
If you want to know the future of community colleges, look at Oregon. Budget shortfalls have plagued the system statewide for at least the past…
Labor union contract negotiations are always interesting. This year, the negotiations at WCC are likely to be even more interesting. Last week, Michigan became the…
I just read an opinion piece by the president of Aurora Community College regarding ACC’s first experience with issuing microcredentials. At the end of the…
Higher education institutions aren’t the only ones struggling with the consequences of neglected facilities maintenance. The enormous cost of ignoring infrastructure problems isn’t the only…
All eyes are on the economy, as the Fed raised interest rates for the ninth consecutive time today. Overall unemployment is low at 3.4%. Currently,…
Although the Biden Administration has long made free community college a talking point, there’s another (related) point that’s starting to get some attention. “Free degree”…