A program headquartered at the University of West Florida is trying to help veterans complete their college degrees. Complete Florida is a statewide initiative sponsored by the Florida legislature to…
Traditionally, the bachelor’s degree has been seen as the doorway to the middle class for most Americans, but is this still the case? In an economic environment increasingly defined by…
Rising college tuition has stoked the ire of students, families as well as politicians, and a surprising cause may be partially to blame: Expanded access to money to pay for…
Hechinger Report higher-education editor Jon Marcus speaks with WBAL in Baltimore about how Sweden makes it even easier for older-than-traditional-age adults to go to college than it does for conventional…
Bryan Kelly took a few carpentry classes at DeLand High School’s construction academy before dropping out of school last year. Now armed with his GED, Kelly is back in the…
There are 37 million Americans with some college credits but no degree, a staggering statistic given the labor market demand for workers with post-secondary credentials. One of the biggest roadblocks…
Yasmin Estrada is devoting part of her summer to help fellow Immokalee youths achieve the same dream she has realized: becoming a college student. The Florida Gulf Coast University junior is…
Under a Round 2 TAACCCT grant, Sinclair Community College is leading a consortium with Austin Community College and Broward College to implement flexibly paced, competency-based education (CBE) programs in information…
Children are not all the same, nor are they equally ready upon graduation for the challenges of college or the modern workforce. A new report by the bipartisan Foundation for…
Did you know that the average worker will have eight different jobs in their lifetime? Or that there are more than a quarter of a million job openings in Florida…