Community and technical colleges could be activated quickly to become the pipeline that is presently lacking across the country. How much longer will it take to get political leaders to listen to their K12 boards, administrators and teachers to overcome this ongoing crisis?
State budget sets aside more than $117 million for a free community college program across the state, covering tuition and fees for students. The 15 community colleges in Massachusetts serve more than 90,000 students, about 70% of of whom attend school part time while juggling work and family commitments.
Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed to by the NCAA and five power conferences, a deal that also paves the way for schools to directly compensate athletes while attempting regulate payments from boosters.
The state has made modest improvements for several years, and the rate is now 7 percentage points higher than it was five years ago, according to newly released data from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
Michigan is one of at least 30 states to offer a version of free community college. Those eligible for Michigan's program must enroll in college full-time and fill out federal student aid form. The program is not dependent on a student's household income.
Open educational resources remain an affordable alternative to pricey textbooks to increase accessibility and as an opportunity for faculty to customize their course textbooks.
Admissions offices are slowly integrating generative AI into their tool boxes to manage ballooning application pools while also easing staff burnout and other workload issues.
On July 19, Pennsylvania State University announced it had received a $20 million commitment from J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox for its graduate school, the largest gift in the grad school's history.
