Google to expand IT certificate to 100 community colleges

The company expects the program to reach 5,200 students across 15 states by the end of next year.

By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 4, 2019

Bill would require accreditors to flag failing colleges sooner

Proposed legislation in the House calls on the agencies to ask for a teach-out plan or agreement if a college doesn't meet certain financial standards.

By Hallie Busta • Oct. 3, 2019

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Enrollment and Retention

A look at the pandemic's continuing impact on enrollment and how colleges can ensure students stay on course.

By Higher Ed Dive staff

Property taxes lift community college revenue as enrollment ebbs

A strong economy is yielding a critical windfall as a humming job market means fewer students are around to pay tuition, explains a new Moody's report.

By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 3, 2019

College-employer group lands $1M grant to train STEM pros

The funds will be used to create a model for connecting employers and higher education to train workers, joining a number of similar efforts nationwide.

By Riia O'Donnell , Kate Tornone , Hallie Busta • Oct. 2, 2019

What 5 colleges learned from implementing guided pathways

Officials share challenges encountered when rolling out the model and advice for other institutions doing the same.

By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 2, 2019

'This is the bust': Colleges tackle the challenge of regional consolidation

As colleges close, budgets tighten and demographics shift, public institutions must address conflicting demands to lower costs and increase access.

By Liz Farmer • Oct. 2, 2019

Minority-serving institutions poised to lose $255M in federal funding

An impasse in Congress meant critical funds weren't renewed, which could hamper programs, scholarships, faculty pay and research, particularly in STEM.

By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 1, 2019

Judge sides with Harvard in affirmative action admissions case

Although an appeal is expected, the ruling is viewed as a win for colleges that consider race when deciding which students to admit.

By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 1, 2019

What support services should community colleges prioritize?

Institutions can address equity gaps by making technology more available and having a point person to connect students with resources, researchers suggest.

By Natalie Schwartz • Sept. 30, 2019

Colleges just got a lot more leeway to recruit students

Changes to an industry group's ethics code eliminate key practices that the Justice Department has said stifle competition for students. 

By Hallie Busta • Sept. 30, 2019

Kenzie Academy nabs $7.8M in Series A funding to grow online

The funds will be used to expand online courses for the boot camp, which focuses on markets besides coastal hubs, said its CEO, Chok Ooi.

By Hallie Busta • Sept. 30, 2019

A new map for a diversifying OPM market

As colleges expand online, their relationships with third-party specialists are evolving, explains the co-founder of market research firm HolonIQ.

By Hallie Busta • Sept. 27, 2019

President Speaks: How colleges can improve students' social mobility

Old Dominion University's president shares tactics to bridge equity gaps, including offering students personalized guidance and emergency grants. 

By John R. Broderick • Sept. 27, 2019

Frito-Lay whets students' appetites for manufacturing jobs

An apprenticeship program offers high school and college students the opportunity to earn credits while training for highly skilled positions.

By Riia O'Donnell • Sept. 27, 2019

White House working group outlines future of universal transcripts

But developing a standard way to discuss occupations and their related skills and credentials remains a challenge.

By Hallie Busta • Sept. 26, 2019

Caltech nabs $750M gift for climate research

It's the second-largest donation to a college or university ever and comes during a period of record giving to higher ed and a lag in state support. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Sept. 26, 2019

How emerging technology can help you fulfill the promise of assessment

For assessment data to be meaningful, it must be actionable. How can next gen technology help?

Sept. 26, 2019

3 tested ways to increase student access and success

College officials and researchers share initiatives that institutions can use to help admit and graduate a more diverse student body.

By Natalie Schwartz • Sept. 25, 2019

Walmart adds health degrees to $1-a-day education benefit

The news follows an expansion of the program in June and it comes as the retailer grows its footprint in the health care sector.

By Hallie Busta • Sept. 25, 2019

How many unique credentials are offered in the US?

A new Credential Engine report puts the count at 738,000, which includes traditional degrees and short-term programs like certificates, boot camps and badges. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Sept. 25, 2019

Why Western Governors U thinks microcredentials are the path to degrees

WGU President Scott Pulsipher discusses how his institution is fitting nondegree credentials into learners' personal goals.

By Hallie Busta • Sept. 24, 2019

We all have a lot to learn from nontraditional learners

Higher education is "tethered to a pop-culture archetype" that doesn't reflect today's students, writes Marie Cini, president of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning.

By Marie Cini • Sept. 23, 2019

Connecticut State Colleges and Universities decreased hourly labor costs by 90% by moving their ERP to the cloud

Listen as they share their cost model for calculating cloud efficiencies.

Sept. 23, 2019

How can the Ed Department better review accreditors?

A new report from the Center for American Progress lays out several suggestions it says will help the agency go "beyond a box-checking exercise."

By Natalie Schwartz • Sept. 20, 2019

Report probes colleges' online recruitment strategies

InsideTrack analyzed 20 institutions' recruitment efforts to see how often they were reaching out to students (some dozens of times) and in what ways. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Sept. 19, 2019