Institutions

Community college students are not just focused on vocational skills training but are also as committed to learning for its own sake as the students in selective liberal arts institutions, argues Michael Thurston.

By Michael Thurston

A community college district in rural Minnesota plan to merge accreditation and other services to combat enrollment drops.

Faculty members at Lee College object to new annual contracts and a proposal to eliminate division chairs but hope for the best under a new president.

We should redesign gen ed so that it doesn't package students' learning in a way that treats them as uninterested, unintellectual and incapable, argues Paul Hanstedt.

By Paul Hanstedt

Proposed Education Department rule has higher ed lobbyists worried about possible loss of federal grants for public colleges over barring recognition of religious groups with membership restrictions.

Certified nursing assistants are necessary as the population ages, but the work isn't high paying. How do health-care programs create faster pathways toward good jobs?

The University of California's Academic Senate declines to endorse test-optional admissions policies for the system.

Airlines are agitating for more pilots, making donations and partnering with university flight programs to help create a better pipeline of degree-toting aviators.