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When stories of students struggling to find shelter and food became more and more common, Scott Myers-Lipton and William Armaline of San José State University decided to take action.
They turned to a California state senator, Dave Cortese, who now plans to propose legislation that would pay thousands of low-income students $500 monthly stipends to help them get by.

Community colleges were already reimagining student support even before the challenges brought on by COVID-19. But the pandemic, social unrest, and other events are compelling them to re-examine their strategies in different ways.
Community college presidents recently shared what they are doing to support students in today's higher ed landscape at the American Association of Community Colleges’ annual Workforce Development Institute.

There is no question that the green economy is already bigger than most people think. And it’s growing. Job opportunities abound—if you know where to look.
New state-by-state reports from WorkingNation explore green jobs opportunities and the skills needed to land those positions. Up first: Pennsylvania.

The University of California system has been at the forefront of thinking about ethical artificial intelligence, including and beyond chatbots.
This past fall, the system adopted recommendations from a nearly 80-page report—among the first of its kind in higher education—that includes best practices for incorporating AI into different aspects of the student experience.

California's high school graduation rate held steady last school year, despite Zoom schooling. But the numbers don't tell the whole story.
Flexible graduation requirements, summer programs, and tutoring help may have kept students in caps and gowns.

Since losing one-third of its workforce at the outset of the pandemic, the child care industry has seen a slow and incomplete jobs recovery. Now it's starting to backslide.
Some states are addressing the shortage of workers with new child care career pathway programs to provide training, certification, recruitment, and retention support.