Finish Your FAFSA, Find Your Future: Solutions for Black Students and HBCUs Navigating the FAFSA Rollout

In April, I outlined the challenges Black students and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are facing with the rollout of the new Better FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form, a dynamic that has since led to a multitude of challenges, setbacks, and concerns among students, caregivers and educators as completing the form…

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Alabama Community Colleges See Highest Enrollments in a Decade

Jimmy H. BakerMore than 170,000 residents enrolled in academic courses or registered for adult education and workforce training during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Alabama Community College System (ACCS). Nearly 123,000 of those residents were part of credit-based programs, a 6.2% year-over-year increase in for-credit coursework last fall. Officials said the systemwide increase…

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How to Approach Higher Ed’s Hybrid Cloud Migration

Higher education has a reputation for being slow to embrace some of the technological advancements that other industries might jump at the chance to adopt. Whether that’s because of administrative red tape or a lack of funds, colleges and universities often approach large-scale technology projects in manageable phases rather than with an overnight transformation. When…

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