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A Push for More Technical Workers

Federal report suggests that bias toward the bachelor's degree is contributing to potential shortfall of millions of electricians and welders.

Study Minimizes Impact of Free Community College

New research says reduced tuition at four-year colleges and more funding for all public institutions would do more to raise bachelor's degree attainment.

More Math for Admission

California State University System weighs adding a quantitative reasoning requirement that advocates for underrepresented students worry could worsen gaps in access.

Pro-Antifa Professor Out in Iowa

Kirkwood Community College announces that a professor sympathetic to Antifa and critical of evangelical Christians won't be teaching this year, due to safety concerns.

Even Some College Tends to Pay Off

Students who attended college but didn't earn a credential were more likely to hold a job and earned more than their peers who stopped at high school, new research finds.

Streamlining the Transfer Process

A major community college and a public research university team up with an outside company to improve their advising and other support services, in part by training their staffs.

Nudging Doesn't Scale Nationally

Repeated text message, email and mail reminders from a state's college system and the Common Application did not prompt more students to apply for FAFSA, a study finds.

Could For-Profit Question Impede Short-Term Pell?

For-profit colleges were shut out of proposed legislation to expand Pell Grants to short-term programs. They’ve offered little pushback so far, though -- a sign the sector is focused on other legislative concerns.