Newly minted high school graduates listen to speeches from their classmates during commencement exercises on June 12, 2025, at Kiwanis Field in La Porte, Ind. For the first time this year, high school ...

When the U.S. Department of Education cited short-term workforce programs as a priority for grants from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), community college leaders ...

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Two years ago, Camille Charleston moved from Haiti to the United States, hoping to escape “survival mode” and pursue the American dream. Charleston, 29, didn’t have enough money to pay for college, ...

The new Workforce Pell Grant provides federal funding for short-term job training in healthcare, transportation and skilled trades, with some programs requiring just two months to complete.

Joanne Scott had been without full-time work for about two decades and was struggling to reenter the workforce. Then she learned this year about a short-term pharmacy technician program at Mt. San ...

MENOMONIE, Wis. (UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT PRESS RELEASE) - University of Wisconsin-Stout will work closely with Wisconsin businesses to ensure a recently announced $2 million federal grant will ...

Federal financial aid is the engine of the country’s higher education system, pouring billions in student loans and grants ...

Students do not want to discover midway through a degree that their college is cutting programs, laying off faculty, or facing closure. Recent closures, such as The College of Saint Rose, illustrate ...