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Parenting Students at For-Profits Face the Highest Rates of Homelessness
From New America: “Private for-profit colleges enroll about 20 percent of all undergraduate student parents, according to an analysis of 2020 NPSAS data by the… Read More
The President’s Proposed Budget Would Strip Child Care Access from Student Parents
From New America: “The proposed cuts would have implications for families headed by student parents. One program that is designed to support student parents specifically… Read More
Why Colleges Should Get Involved in Child Care Advocacy
From New America: “In 2023, Vermont passed Act 76, enacting a new payroll tax to bring more funds into the state’s child care system…Vermont’s Child… Read More
What States Can do to Help College Students Get Child Care Support
From New America: “The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is currently the country’s best answer to this child care crisis. The federal program helps… Read More
Parenting Student Supports Aid Retention, Credit Completion
From Inside Higher Education: “To address student parents’ success, Austin Community College in Texas created the Parenting Students Project (PSP) which provides wraparound assistance to… Read More
Universities and colleges that need to fill seats start offering a helping hand to student-parents
From The Hechinger Report: “Hudson County Community College has steadily added programs to support the parents among its 20,000 students. It has set aside ‘family-friendly’… Read More
Leading the Way: Colleges Championing Access to Housing for Parents
From New America: “This program, founded in 2000 by Sister Jean Messaros of the Sisters of Mercy, empowers economically disadvantaged single mothers by providing the… Read More
World Youth Skills Day: How Gen Z’s Attitudes Are Rewiring Higher Education and Skills Training
World Youth Skills Day, on July 15th, puts the spotlight on the critical role of equipping young people with the skills they need for employment,… Read More
Monthly youth (16-24) unemployment rate in the United States from February 2023 to February 2025
From Statista: “Youth unemployment stood at 9.7 percent in February 2025. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method for removing the seasonal component of a time… Read More
Majority of high schoolers say they don’t feel prepared for post-graduation
From Higher Ed Dive: “In a survey, about half of students said they’ve never had a job or internship, and more than a third said… Read More
New grads are struggling to find jobs and they’re being locked out of the labor market because of 3 key factors
From Fortune: “The current labor market appears strong on the surface—unemployment is still low at 4.2%, wage growth is steady, and the U.S. added 139,000… Read More
Educated but unemployed, a rising reality for college grads
From Oxford Economics: “Although demand for healthcare services occupations remains elevated, job openings for professional and business services sharply declined since 2021 by more than… Read More
Growth and the pursuit of money, meaning, and well-being
From Deloitte: “Gen Zs and millennials prioritize career progression, yet many are not motivated by reaching leadership positions. They’re focused on work/life balance and learning… Read More
Gen-Z students are choosing a trade over college. That shows they’re smart
From The Guardian: “According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, a growing number of gen-Zers are flocking to the construction trade. ‘Enrollment… Read More
Why Gen-Z Is Ditching Desk Life for Trade Jobs
From Inc. Magazine: “This demographic is shifting away from desk jobs to blue-collar work, believing trade jobs offer more stability and better financial incentives. Much… Read More
Managers Don’t Want To Hire Gen-Z Workers, Citing A Lack Of Soft Skills—Survey Says
From Forbes: “Recent Gen-Z college graduates have had to face an uphill battle as they enter the workforce. A new General Assembly survey found that… Read More
White House declares goal to reach 1M new apprentices per year
From HR Dive: “In an executive order, the administration castigated previous investments in higher education, stating that none have the incentives necessary ‘to meet workforce… Read More
Will ‘Apprenticeship Degrees’ Come to America?
From Inside Higher Education: Dozens of famous employers—including investment bank Goldman Sachs and other luminaries like Deloitte, GE, IBM, JPMorgan, Nestlé, UBS and Rolls-Royce—have begun… Read More
The future of Jobs report
From World Economic Forum: “Two demographic shifts are increasingly seen to be transforming global economies and labour markets: aging and declining working age populations, predominantly… Read More
College Enrollment Continues to Climb, Nearing Recovery
From Inside Higher Ed: “Enrollments have grown for graduate schools, certificate programs and community colleges, but undergraduate numbers still remain behind pre-pandemic levels. The clearinghouse’s… Read More
Business School Dean Survey: The Major Threats Facing Business Education
From Poets & Quants: “The number one threat to business education, according to a new survey of business school deans, is declining demand due to… Read More
Grad School Is in Trouble
From The Atlantic: “The Trump administration has frozen, slashed, threatened, and otherwise obstructed the tens of billions of dollars in funding that universities receive from… Read More
America’s colleges face a looming crisis: The vital role of international students
From Times of India: “American higher education is heading for a significant challenge, facing a demographic cliff that could drastically shrink student populations … without… Read More
The Daunting Challenge Facing U.S. Business Schools
From Poets & Quants: “Even if the State Department resumes scheduling the necessary appointments, the welcome mat for international students is in tatters. For many,… Read More
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