Podcast
6/3/2026
AI is changing career education. Lauri Kien Kotcher shares how colleges can use it to improve student outcomes and campus operations.
Blog
5/22/2026
The second session of the AIM negotiated rulemaking focused heavily on revised draft regulatory language related to accreditation, institutional flexibility, governance, and transfer of credit policies.
Podcast
5/20/2026
Peyton Holland knows what the right mentor at the right moment can do to help a student and he's dedicated his career to replicating it.
Podcast
5/6/2026
New findings from the National Bureau of Economic Research find strong relationships between America's community colleges and local labor markets, but what does that mean for higher education?
Career Education Review
5/5/2026
List of trade scholarships for students attending private career schools.
Podcast
4/15/2026
Brenda Scharman, Lynelle Lynch, and Ryan Claybaugh join Jason Altmire to discuss how the proposed accountability framework could disadvantage beauty education by comparing it to higher-earning fields and reinforcing gender inequities.
Press Release
4/7/2026
The book discusses the impact of AI on the workforce, growing dissatisfaction with traditional higher education, and the role trade schools and career colleges play in expanding the pipeline to skilled workers.
Podcast
4/1/2026
On this episode of Career Education Report, host Jason Altmire speaks with Susan Mayer, Chief Learning Officer of Achieving the Dream, which supports over 300 community colleges to create opportunities and remove barriers to learning.
Career Education Review
3/20/2026
This article explores why skilled trades now represent a strategic, stable, and purpose-driven career path for the next generation of workers.
Article
3/20/2026
New data from Dr. Ekmekci at Rice University shows that for-profit healthcare programs are delivering better graduation rates and greater wage impact for students compared to the same programs at community colleges.
Podcast
3/18/2026
In this episode, host Jason Altmire speaks with Michael Connet, Associate Deputy Executive Director of the Association for Career and Technical Education and Shawn Freie, Workforce Development Coordinator of the Canadian Valley Technology Center.
Podcast
3/4/2026
Burning Glass Institute Chief Economist Gad Levanon, tells host Jason Altmire about the importance of both improving wages for in-demand professions like registered nurses.
Podcast
2/18/2026
On this episode of Career Education Report, former Massachusetts Governor and current Education at Work CEO Jane Swift joins host Jason Altmire to explain why experience has become the real gatekeeper to career success.
Podcast
2/4/2026
As Career Education Report embarks on its next one hundred episodes, host Jason Altmire sits down with Colorado’s Governor Jared Polis to discuss how states can better align higher education systems with workforce and economic outcome.
Podcast
1/21/2026
For Career Education Report’s 100th episode, host Jason Altmire is joined by Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent for an in-depth conversation on the direction of higher education and what it means for students, institutions, and taxpayers.
Podcast
1/7/2026
Kelly Monahan joins host Jason Altmire to explore how AI is augmenting human skills, fueling the rise of gray-collar roles, and reshaping the trades, healthcare, and technical fields without replacing the people who power them.
Blog
1/6/2026
The second session of AHEAD negotiated rulemaking began this week with a focus on data-driven accountability regulations across higher education.
Podcast
12/17/2025
The conversation examines what current data reveals about enrollment performance, from rapid response times to effective channel mix and smarter marketing spend.
Blog
12/12/2025
The Department of Education has begun negotiated rulemaking to implement Workforce Pell and other Pell Grant changes enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with a goal of finalizing provisions by July 1, 2026.
Blog
12/5/2025
Read the full recap to see what lawmakers signaled about the future of veteran workforce pathways here.