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  • About
    • CECU Staff
    • State Associations
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
    • Campaign to Create 5M Career Professionals
  • Membership
    • Education Membership
    • Allied Membership
    • Associate Membership
    • International Membership
    • Financial Advisory Council
    • Affinity Programs
    • Student Success Stories >
      • 2020 Student Success Stories
      • 2019 Student Success Stories
      • 2018 Student Success Stories
  • Advocacy
    • Government Relations Updates
    • Regulation >
      • Accreditation & Innovation
      • Borrower Defense to Repayment
      • Gainful Employment
      • State Authorization
    • PAC
    • Coronavirus >
      • COVID19 Webinars
      • Grant Guide
  • News
  • Events
    • CEO Summit
    • Convention
    • Hill Day
    • Leadership Institute
  • Resources
    • CECU Resource Center
    • CECU Webinars
    • Professional Certification
    • Book - Success Story
    • Student Inquiry Guide

CONNECTING THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT TO JOBS


Our mission is to modernize and connect the Higher Education Act to jobs in ways that speak to both today's college students and their specific career needs. ​In a first-of-its-kind effort, Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU) is pursuing thoughtful policy solutions that connect the Higher Education Act to jobs. We need to modernize our laws for the 21st century to help meet the
​Nation's growing workforce demands.


The Challenge

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United States will need 46.5 million new workers by 2024 to fill new jobs and replace scores of retirees. Job training leads to job growth, and training and career education is not only critical to fulfilling the nation's workforce needs, it is key to fueling economic growth. 

Our Solution

We must directly connect the Higher Education Act to jobs and modernize it for the 21st century. The nation's Career Education Colleges and Universities are poised for the future, ensuring workers have the
​ skills and training necessary to get the best possible job. 

Among the innovative ideas to directly connect the Higher Education Act to jobs, CECU proposes: 

  • A new Workforce Pell Grant 
  • A common set of outcome metrics for all schools' career programs
  • Converting the Gainful Employment rule into an informational metric for all career programs at all schools*
  • A revised Ability-to-Benefit program*
  • Connecting apprenticeship to academic degrees
  • Enhancing the transfer of credit among schools 
  • Connecting Work Study to a student's career studies
  • Universal income-based repayment
  • Recognition of and access to credentials 
  • Supporting students attending at-risk institutions 
  • A legislative solution to borrower defense*

For more information:
download fact sheet

We celebrate diversity in the higher education population. We celebrate the sector's diversity in delivery. What we need is a modernized Higher Education Act to allow
​the higher ed system to flourish.

We're working to put the emphasis
​back where it belongs: on good jobs and quality careers. 

Contact
Career Education Colleges and Universities
​1530 Wilson Boulevard | Suite 1050 | Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: 571-970-3941 | Fax: 866-363-2181 | Privacy

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