Across the country, there is enormous demand for nurses, as retirement or burnout push many from the field. Despite tens of thousands of students fighting to get into nursing programs, schools can’t accommodate that demand, for two major reasons: They can’t find enough faculty to teach classes and there is a dearth of the required hands-on training opportunities in hospitals and health care facilities.

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06.10.2025

OPINION: Higher Education must help shape how students learn, lead and build the skills employers want most

The real question about college isn’t whether it prepares students for careers. It’s how. And the “how” of the college experience is more complex, personal and misunderstood than most people realize.

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07.10.2025

COLUMN: Trump’s push for ‘patriotic’ education could further chill history instruction

Teachers say they worry federal efforts to shift historical narratives will rob students of vital information.

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Rural Americans support more government spending on child care

Nurses are in high demand but nursing schools struggle tp provide enough slots to train them

OPINION: Higher Education must help shape how students learn, lead and build the skills employers want most

COLUMN: Trump’s push for ‘patriotic’ education could further chill history instruction

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