Not enough instructors and limited hospital placements are throttling capacity, despite surging interest and urgent workforce needs.
Small colleges in small towns are up against stiff odds. But some are finding ways to thrive.
State policymakers must ask: Is our system creating real value for students? A growing number of states are pointing the way.
Our universities’ real problems have little to do with DEI or antisemitism. Genuine reforms would encompass expanding access and equity and confronting a history of institutional racism.
With enrollment trending down, colleges are simplifying the process for students to get credit for skills they already have, which can save them both time and money.
Employers aren’t happy with the skills today’s college graduates bring to the workplace. A few states are addressing the problem with effective work-based learning programs.
Universities were already facing a grim future due to demographic changes. Then along came Trump.
Overall state aid to colleges and universities was flat this year but lawmakers approved $610 million in construction, with promises of more for future phases of new projects.
The package will offer more support for ROTC, increase scholarships, guarantee in-state rates for ROTC participants and give early access to registration for students in military-related programs.
The proposal would shake up the finances of hundreds of institutions that use race as a factor in admissions, scholarships or other ways.
Nearly 20 states have created borrowers’ bill of rights and ombudsman offices to help borrowers figure out confusing paperwork and avoid default.
Like other states, North Dakota urgently needs more teachers. It’s among the first to adopt a model other sectors have used for decades.
Texas offered the benefit for 24 years. The move came in response to a federal lawsuit, but state leaders hailed it as a win.
The proposal, which cleared the Texas House over the weekend, would increase state oversight of universities and place restrictions on what professors can teach.
By working closely with industry, clean energy training programs are enjoying 100 percent placement rates.
A congressional proposal would put colleges and universities on the hook when students fail to repay loans. Some experts say that would end up hurting the students themselves.
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