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Education Dept. Plan to Send CTE Programs to Labor Stokes Concern
While paused for now, the Education Department has plans to let the Department of Labor take over funding for career and technical education programs. CTE advocates fear the shift.
Too Many Well-Paid Middle-Skills Jobs, Not Enough Credentials
The U.S. needs to produce almost 712,000 more credentials per year to meet future demand in high-paying fields that don’t require bachelor’s degrees, a new report says. And addressing racial and gender disparities would help.
DOJ Targets In-State Tuition for Noncitizens in Kentucky as Texas Students Fight Back
The Justice Department sued Kentucky politicians over in-state tuition benefits for undocumented students, just as Texas students and advocates are pushing back against a lawsuit that killed a similar state policy.
A Setback for Maine’s Free Community College Program
As Maine lawmakers hash out a new budget, the Legislature’s budget-writing committee has proposed discontinuing the state’s free college program.
Judge Waits to Rule on Trump’s Effort to Bar Harvard Foreign Students
A federal judge is expected to decide by next week whether to further prevent Trump from barring Harvard international students and researchers.
Nondegree Credentials Yield Mixed Outcomes
The American Enterprise Institute and Burning Glass Institute analyzed upward of 23,000 nondegree programs to see how well they meet learners’ goals.
Tennessee Lawsuit Puts HSIs’ Fate on the Line
The state and the group Students for Fair Admissions sued the federal government, arguing Hispanic-serving institutions—as currently defined—are unconstitutional.