Workforce

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.