When work-based learning is integrated directly into coursework, students don’t have to choose between learning and earning or between academic success and career readiness.
New Hampshire’s community college system offers high school students college credit through a growing dual-enrollment program now reaching over 11,000 students. A new law, House Bill 90, will expand access by allowing K12 schools to hire college faculty for up to 20 hours a week.
Institutions are discovering different ways to implement experiential learning to prepare the U.S. workforce for widescale technological transformations.
As states cash in on the potential of non-degree credentials to become a more significant engine for economic mobility, new frameworks are emerging to ensure these innovative programs pass muster.
More than a dozen colleges and universities have announced budget cuts, staff layoffs and tuition increases in June and midway through July to cope with rising budget deficits.
