EdSurge Rebecca Koenig July 2, 2020 The idea that employers should hire workers because of their skills, not just their credentials, got a signal boost last week from the White House. President Trump signed an executive order on June 26 directing the government to reduce the use of minimum education requirements for […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami July 1, 2020 Senate Republican leaders have signaled that their proposal for the next coronavirus relief package will include additional funding to test students for the coronavirus. “The most important thing we need for normalcy is to get people back into school,” Senator Roy Blunt, […]
Inside Higher Ed Lindsay McKenzie June 30, 2020 Widespread disruption to the spring semester did not result in an unusually large number of students changing their enrollment status, according to new research by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Most students maintained the same enrollment intensity — meaning whether they studied full-time, […]
EdSurge Amy Ahearn June 29, 2020 Anyone who has attended an education conference in the last ten years has likely heard the claim that 65 percent of today’s children will work in jobs that don’t even exist yet. The statistic, cited in a popular World Economic Forum report, often emerges in […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami June 29, 2020 Opponents of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s rule making it more difficult for those who have been defrauded by their colleges to have their student loans forgiven are looking to the courts to block the measure after suffering a defeat in Congress […]
StarTribune Darlene Superville June 25, 2020 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is preparing to direct the federal government to overhaul its hiring to prioritize a job applicant’s skills over a college degree, administration and industry officials say. Trump is set to sign an executive order Friday outlining a new direction […]
Inside Higher Ed Madeline St. Amour June 25, 2020 Report: Gen Z Open to Nontraditional Education Students in Generation Z believe that higher education is important, but many are interested in taking alternative routes to the traditional four-year degree, according to a new study. ECMC Group, a nonprofit focused on […]
Inside Higher Ed Elizabeth Redden June 25, 2020 Clinical training for students in health-care fields effectively came to a halt when the coronavirus pandemic was declared in March. Colleges and the hospitals and other clinical sites with which they partner canceled clinical placements to protect students and patients from infection […]
Inside Higher Ed Paul Fain June 24, 2020 As the pandemic wreaks havoc on the job market, a quarter of American adults say they plan to enroll in an education or training program within the next six months, according to the latest results of a national poll conducted by the Strada Education […]
EdSource Ashley A. Smith June 23, 2020 Calbright College, on the brink of elimination by the Legislature, will survive in the 2020-21 budget that was agreed to Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders. “Calbright will survive and continue to serve students with cuts in ongoing and one-time funding,” […]