Workforce

Better data and more urgency on equity gaps—as well as the struggle by businesses to fill open jobs—are fueling an energized push to assess student outcomes.

As companies scramble to hire early-career workers, more people are looking to provide experiential learning.

The latest on the pandemic’s impact on children, higher ed’s mounting challenges, and long-term labor shortages.

Plus, the boom in cannabis credentials and a new potential setback for income-share agreements.

As the first mega university, the University of Phoenix showed how a focus on working adults and career education could work at scale. Almost a decade ago, though, Phoenix began a long slide. The university’s enrollment last year of 84,000 was roughly one-fifth of its peak.

There’s good news and bad news in the results of a five-year effort to study outcomes.

The sector is expanding rapidly. Amid a boom in offerings by ed-tech companies, several freestanding bootcamps are seeking accreditation, a key step toward being able to accept federal student aid.

Spelman College and the nonprofit Braven announced a new partnership that will allow every Spelman sophomore to participate in a project focused on excelling after college.

Enrollments in the workforce grant program went up 8 percent in 2020 even while community colleges across the state and the nation saw substantial enrollment declines in credit-bearing programs.

Interest in apprenticeships and other non-traditional pathways to jobs reflects shifts in how people prepare for the job market and move through careers.