Home Depot Wants To Introduce 15 Million Kids To The Skilled Trades By 2032
Home Depot’s free Path to Pro Skills Explorers program aims to introduce 15 million kids ages 11 to 17 to the skilled trades by 2032.
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Senate Bill Would Eliminate The $35,000 Cap On 529-To-Roth IRA Rollovers
Senators Cruz and Rochester’s bill would eliminate the $35,000 lifetime cap on 529-to-Roth IRA rollovers. What changes, what doesn’t, and the math.
Only One In Three Public Four-Year Colleges Is Affordable For Low-Income Students, NCAN Finds
NCAN’s 2026 Affordability Gap report finds just 32% of public four-year colleges are affordable for low-income students, with an average gap of $1,801.
College Athletes Earned $1.77 Billion In The First Year Of Revenue Sharing
College Sports Commission data shows schools paid 34,915 athletes $1.77 billion in the first year of revenue sharing, about $50,700 each on average.
The College Wage Premium Just Fell To Its Mid-1990s Level, And AI Explains A Third Of It
The U.S. college wage premium fell to its mid-1990s level from 2022 to 2026, a new study finds, with AI explaining a third as student debt hits $1.86T.
Justice Department Finds UCLA Law School Used Race In Admissions
DOJ says UCLA Law favored Black and Hispanic applicants over white and Asian ones for its 2023-2025 classes, with Black applicants getting 7x the odds.
Record-Low 31% Of Americans Say College Is “Very Important,” Gallup Finds
Gallup: just 31% of Americans now say college is “very important,” down from 70% in 2013, as 29% call it “not too important” amid cost concerns.
SAT Scores Rise For A Second Straight Year As The Test Turns 100
The College Board says the class of 2026 averaged 1045 on the SAT, up 16 points, with gains in Reading and Writing and Math as the SAT marks 100 years.
September Jobs Report: 29,000 Jobs Added As BLS Cuts 60,000 From July And August
September jobs report: employers added 29,000 jobs, unemployment hit 4.2%, and BLS cut 60,000 from July and August. Why revisions keep going down.
The Official Student Loan Cohort Default Rate Is 0.4%. Here’s Why That Number Means Almost Nothing.
The FY 2023 cohort default rate is 0.4%, but 9.3 million borrowers are in default. Here’s how the CDR works and why the Education Department says to ignore it.
Treasury Finalizes Rules For School Choice Tax Credit
Treasury and the IRS released proposed rules for the $1,700 Education Freedom Tax Credit launching January 1, 2027. Joint filers get $3,400.