By Ashley A. Smith. The U.S. Departments of Labor and Education released the final rules Thursday for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in an effort to expand job growth.
The final rules affect more than a dozen programs that receive $10 billion in training and education funding and serve about 20 million people. Read more...
By Ashley A. Smith. The Institute for College Access and Success released a new report Wednesday that finds nearly one in 10 community college students, or 9 percent, don't have access to federal student loans because their institutions don't offer them. Read more...
By Ashley A. Smith. The Community College Research Center at the Teachers College at Columbia University released a report today that says students who enroll in 15 credits' worth of classes in their first semester are more likely to graduate than those students who enroll with only 12 credits. Read more...
By Ashley A. Smith. Moody's recently downgraded 15 of Illinois's 27 community colleges because of the yearlong budget impasse in the Legislature. Read more...
By Ashley A. Smith. Oregon's free community college program begins this fall, but several two-year-college leaders in the state say the grant program is underfunded and too exclusive. Read more...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A college degree, per the old conventional wisdom, was your ticket to a career of better work and higher pay. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Global smartphone sales will continue to grow, but not in the double digits anymore, according to market research firm Gartner. Smartphone sales are expected to grow 7 percent worldwide in 2016 and reach 1.5 billion units. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. 56.4% of developers are building robotics apps today.
45% of developers say that Internet of Things (IoT) development is critical to their overall digital strategy.
56.4% of developers are building robotics apps today. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. As an educational model, differentiated instruction has been around since the time of Socrates. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Coursera has announced the launch of Coursera for Refugees in partnership with the U.S. Department of State. The initiative lets refugees and nonprofits supporting them apply for financial aid to access Coursera’s library of online courses. More...
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