Students and faculty members at the University of Pittsburgh continue to call for financial transparency and divestment from Israel. Campus expression has felt the strain, and professors debate the school’s response.
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Posted inIndianapolis
This program helps seniors find jobs. Trump’s cuts would end it
Goodwill’s program helps low-income seniors in Indy learn skills, such as digital literacy.
Posted inCalifornia
How California channeled money to for-profit schools — while they were under investigation
The state uses federal dollars intended to help students train for better jobs, but the money often goes to for-profit schools, even some under investigation.
Posted inCalifornia
Taxpayers cover tuition at California’s for-profit schools. The results? Low-wage, high-turnover jobs
California officials have warned for years that for-profit schools may make misleading career claims. Still, many remain on the state’s list of recommended job training programs.
Posted inHigher Ed in Prisons
What will the Stateville shutdown mean for higher education programs behind bars?
Despite its poor physical infrastructure, Stateville has some of the most robust education of any prison in Illinois due to its proximity to Chicago.
Posted inHigher Ed in Prisons
They’ve been convicted of violent crimes. Now they’re learning about forgiveness.
Exploring forgiveness through an academic lens helps incarcerated people examine their own experiences of causing harm and being harmed.
Posted inCollege in Rural America
A rural Florida county hopes a new airport will bring jobs. First, it needs to retrain its workforce
A third of Hendry County’s working-age adults lack a high-school diploma. And local leaders’ efforts to educate more of the region’s diverse population face political headwinds, too.
Posted inHigher Ed in Prisons
Georgia State University pulls the plug on prison education
It’s blaming a budget shortfall and federal rules for the return of Pell Grants for the decision.
Posted inHigher Ed in Prisons
An incarcerated instructor taught that Jim Crow literacy tests were racist. Then he was fired.
The instructor was teaching a peer-led civics class that Illinois provides for people leaving prison. He’s now suing in federal court.
Posted inCollege in Rural America
The rural workforce is changing. Colleges are scrambling to keep up.
Lack of affordable housing makes it almost impossible to recruit out-of-towners to rural communities like Ravalli County, and the in-town workforce is drying up. Montana and other states hope more flexible, skills-based education systems can meet specific and sometimes surprising education needs.