EdSource

‘Serving adult learners’: California community colleges are expanding short-term career programs

EdSource · School screen time is rising. California parents are asking where to draw the line Joanne Scott had been without full-time work for about two decades and was struggling to reenter the ...
Inside Higher Ed

4-Year Institutions Eye Programs Eligible for Workforce Pell

Four-year colleges and universities won nearly half of the FIPSE grants awarded for short-term programs eligible for Workforce Pell, surprising some community college leaders who have spent decades ...
MassLive

Are microcredentials the future of education? How short-term programs are changing higher ed

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, ...
WTOK on MSN

$40,000 grant to fund short-term training for EMCC adult education students

2nd Chance MS provides funding for qualified students in Adult Education Launch Pad program ...
Forbes

Workforce Pell Expands Access To Education, Training, And Opportunity

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Manno writes on education, workforce training, and career pathways. “We just expanded the definition of college,” writes Kathleen ...
Inside Higher Ed

Enrollment Growth Continues, Bolstered by Short-Term Credentials

College enrollment continued to grow this fall, increasing by 2 percent compared to fall 2024, according to preliminary fall data released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The ...
WEAU

UW-Stout will create short-term programs to fill region’s high-demand jobs with help from $2 million federal grant

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 ...
The Morning Journal

Oberlin College offering Winter Term intern program

Oberlin College and Conservatory is offering a Winter Term micro-internship program. Winter Term micro-internships allow students to gain hands-on experience in a topic or career field through ...
Hosted on MSN

New Initiative Will Promote Short-Term Credential Programs in North Carolina

This article was originally published in EdNC. Lumina Foundation announced on Thursday a new initiative called “FutureReady States” with the goal of increasing access to education and credential ...
LAist

‘Serving adult learners’: California community colleges are expanding short-term career programs

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Joanne Scott had been without ...
Capital Public Radio

‘Serving adult learners’: California community colleges are expanding short-term career programs

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 ...