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Interest in how community colleges can improve short-term occupational training programs is gaining momentum.

As the postsecondary landscape has changed, it is critical that the field develop a common language through the creation of a typology that can be used to describe the landscape of admissions innovations and the characteristics of each type as the basis to better understand their impact.

Latino students in Texas make informed, pragmatic choices to afford college, often shaped by state policy and institutional practice, says a new brief from Excelencia in Education.

What happens when student parents receive the financial, institutional, and emotional support they need to excel in college? They don’t just earn degrees—they lead, innovate, and uplift their communities.

The United States is facing shortages of middle-skills credentials (certificates and associate degrees) that provide pathways for early-career workers to secure jobs in occupations that are high-paying for workers without a bachelor’s degree.

The four million student parents who make up the postsecondary education population in the United States face unique barriers to success that reach far beyond the high cost of tuition. Of these four million students, 43 percent are single mothers, nearly 10 percent of the undergraduate population. Single mothers with only a high school diploma…

This report shows the “some college, no credential” (SCNC) population—former students who stopped out without earning a credential—is up 3.6 percent from a year earlier while fewer SCNC students returned and completed a credential. This suggests there’s an increasingly missed opportunity for states and institutions to reengage SCNC students.

The House reconciliation bill outlines a new risk-sharing formula that would have colleges pay back a portion of their students’ unpaid student loan bills. The share of unpaid debt varies primarily based on program graduates’ earnings, relative to tuition paid, and on the program or institution graduation rate.

MDRC researchers share practices likely to support part-time student success.

Few young people have access to the essential career navigation services they need to make informed decisions about their education and career options after high school. Without this guidance, many are left uncertain about what to pursue next, unable to support themselves and their families and unsure of which paths to take to reach their…

The national higher education policy landscape and state-level attainment have changed significantly since 2008, with Lumina playing a leading role.

Since 2020, Lumina Foundation and Gallup have partnered to produce the State of Higher Education study, an annual survey of thousands of U.S. adults without a college degree or credential.

The U.S. labor market is at a crossroads. Despite unemployment holding steady at around 4.2 percent, many sectors and their employers face a persistent struggle to fill positions. This challenge is driven by several interconnected factors: an aging population, lagging labor force participation, and a widening gap between our education/training system and labor market demand…

When local community and labor market needs call for a new bachelor’s program, community colleges can welcome new students with a range of life and work experiences to pursue this degree and meet community needs, states this report from New America.