California’s Democratic governor will also expand job training and credential programs to help more residents without degrees find work in the public sector.
Trump has vowed to eliminate the Department of Education in his second term. Even if he stops short, the administration will bring policy changes to colleges and universities and new scrutiny to diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
The view of the federal department as a source of malign leftist influence is backwards. Good ideas are out there, and there needs to be a central authority to disseminate best practices and insist on results.
There are an estimated 1 million people in Louisiana that have the skills and experience to qualify for higher wage jobs, but are being restricted due to not having a college degree. But the state is working to eliminate unnecessary degree requirements.
When people think about higher ed, they picture the Ivy League. But state officials are trained almost exclusively at their own state’s schools.
Democrats receive increasing levels of support from college-educated Americans, but this has triggered a populist backlash and sharpened polarization.
We continue to underfund them, their student bodies are becoming more diverse, and their values are under political assault. We need to preserve the cultural significance of these important institutions.
This fall is the first semester that the University of Texas at San Antonio began offering a digital media influencing degree, which helps students develop professional skills to become successful in the online sphere.
The new policy says universities should remain neutral on “issues of the day” while allowing students, faculty and staff to express their ideas.
As many as 6 percent of all college students have a gambling problem, which is nearly double the rate of average U.S. adults. Now, seven colleges and universities across Connecticut are working to combat the issue.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has put pressure onto the University of Florida’s Board of Governors to investigate President Ben Sasse’s spending of $17.3 million during his first year in office, a $5.6 million increase from the year prior.
As many states move to dismantle their diversity, equity and inclusion programs and politicians turn the term into an insult, we need to keep sight of these efforts’ potential for good.
The three-year contract closes pay and working condition disparities within the 12-school university system by increasing pay, minimum wage and annual leave accrual.
Rush University Medical Center is using its classes of barber and hair stylist students to help combat the opioid crisis by providing them training about substance use disorders and how to administer Narcan.
The state’s budget will include big changes to how the state funds its public schools and offers a new approach to higher ed. But residents earning minimum wage and SEPTA won’t be so lucky in financial allocation this year.
College enrollment levels were already projected to decline due to lower birthrates. Recent difficulties with federal financial aid and teens’ growing concerns about cost haven’t helped.
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