By Paul Fain. A national survey of 1,000 likely voters in the 2020 general election found that 93 percent of respondents supported increasing investment in skills and technical training. More...

By Paul Fain. As employers admit they need to give clearer signals about needed job skills, a broad U.S. Chamber-led group seeks to use standardization and technology to better align credentialing and work-force data. More...

By Paul Fain. A group of 11 large research universities that collaborate on increasing low-income student degree production, dubbed the University Innovation Alliance, announced this week that it is adding undergraduate career readiness for at-risk students to the college completion push. More...

By Paul Fain. Among students who started at a community college or four-year institution in 2010, 60.4 percent graduated by 2018, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, which tracks all but a small percentage of college students. More...

By Paul Fain. A new analysis from Inside Track, a student coaching nonprofit, seeks to identify the 10 most common student support challenges that colleges face. More...

By Paul Fain. The Internal Revenue Service last week determined that Ashford University is exempt from federal income tax. Ashford, which is owned by Bridgepoint Education, is one of several large for-profits that have pursued converting to a nonprofit. More...

By Paul Fain. At least 25 states now link some portion of their funding for public colleges to a performance formula featuring metrics on completion, equity, employment or other measures. Some research has found an increase in the production of short-term certificates in states that feature performance- or outcomes-based funding policies. More...

By Paul Fain. The American Council of Trustees and Alumni last week released a new website on college expenditures. Drawn from federal data, the site provides eight years of the most recently available figures on administrative and instructional spending patterns for 1,500 four-year colleges, both public and private. More...

By Paul Fain. Argosy University has failed to distribute more than $9 million in financial aid to its students, a court-appointed receiver told The Arizona Republic, and it's unclear where the money is. More...

By Paul Fain. About a third of high school students took courses for college credit, according to a nationally representative study from the U.S. Department of Education. The new dual-enrollment data are based on a 2009 study of more than 23,000 ninth graders, whom the department surveyed again in following years. More...