Education
Pace of college closings picks up, with more projected
[ad_1] Pssst — wanna buy a college campus? There’s a sudden market in abandoned campuses, an outgrowth of the accelerating rate of colleges closing…
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Education
OPINION: We need to ask better questions about how and if career pathways are working
[ad_1] For years, policymakers, educators and employers have debated whether career pathways — programs that connect high school students to postsecondary education and careers…
Education
OPINION: Colleges must start treating immigration-based targeting as a serious threat to student safety and belonging – The Hechinger Report
[ad_1] Last month, a Boston University junior proudly posted online that he had spent months calling Immigration and Customs Enforcement to report Latino workers…
Education
Early childhood educator apprenticeships offer an answer to child care shortages
[ad_1] About six years ago, an apprentice training to be a machinist in Washington state told her supervisor she would probably have to drop…
Education
5 years after transcript withholding bans began, college students face fewer obstacles but advocates worry about enforcement
[ad_1] OAKLAND — In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting…
Education
The Trump administration’s biggest impact on education in 2025
[ad_1] Even with a conservative think tank’s blueprint detailing how the second Trump administration should reimagine the federal government’s role in education, few might…
Education
OPINION: Workforce Pell can lead to good jobs for students if they get the support needed for long-term success – The Hechinger Report
[ad_1] Ohio resident Megan Cutright lost her hospitality job during the pandemic. At her daughter’s urging, she found her way to Lorain County Community…
Education
Amid a national shortage of nurses, nursing apprenticeships are beginning to offer a solution to the problem
[ad_1] This story was produced in partnership with Work Shift and reprinted with permission. MOBILE, Ala. — Three or four times a week, LaTyra…
Education
As the supply of applicants declines, college admissions gets kinder and gentler
[ad_1] PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. — As she approached her senior year in high school, the thought of moving on to college was “scary and intimidating”…
Education
OPINION: New education budget cuts will mean millions of young people could lose the opportunity to earn a college degree and build a more financially secure future
[ad_1] Washington lawmakers and the Trump administration passed a major legislative package this summer that will cut funding for programs that help students from…
Education
The good news? College tuition has been going down. The bad news? It’s about to rise again
[ad_1] Summer usually provides a respite for Connor Pavlicko from his duties as student body president at Slippery Rock University. But this summer, he…
Education
OPINION: Higher Education must help shape how students learn, lead and build the skills employers want most
[ad_1] For the first time in more than a decade, confidence in the nation’s colleges and universities is rising. Forty-two percent of Americans now…
Education
Nurses are in high demand but nursing schools struggle tp provide enough slots to train them
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — Oscar Mateo dreamed of being an artist, but after he got leukemia when he was 20, his life plans abruptly…
Education
How an old hotel shows one solution to community college student housing insecurity
[ad_1] GRESHAM, Ore. — When Ken Perez was 24, he quit his construction job and moved back in with his parents so he could…
Education
Colleges add sports to bring men, but it doesn’t always work
[ad_1] SALEM, Va. — On a hot and humid August morning in this southwestern Virginia town, football training camp is in full swing at…
Education
Being shut out of required courses is delaying college students’ graduation
[ad_1] Ryan Arnoldy started community college with the goal of eventually transferring to a four-year university and getting a degree in chemical engineering. Soon…
Education
OPINION: College president fears that federal education cuts will derail the promise of student parents, student military veterans and first-gen students
[ad_1] As a college president, I see the promise of higher education fulfilled every day. Many students at my institution, Whittier College, are the…
Education
Colleges struggle to make manufacturing training hot again
[ad_1] ELYRIA, Ohio — Nolan Norman had no idea what microelectronic manufacturing entailed when his adviser at Midview High suggested he take the school’s…
Education
¿Qué ha pasado desde que Texas eliminó las matrículas estatales para los estudiantes indocumentados?
[ad_1] Read in English. SAN ANTONIO — Ximena tenía un plan. La joven de 18 años de Houston iba a comenzar clases este otoño…
Education
OPINION: The resumption of student loan payments means students will need new policies — and our help
[ad_1] After a three-year pause prompted by the pandemic, the clock on student loan repayments suddenly started ticking again in September 2023, and forbearance…