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Some parts of rural America are changing fast. Can higher education keep up?

Wednesday . September 27, 2023

DRIGGS, Idaho – It’s barely 6 a.m., and Alexis Luna is spending her one day off at the Teton Valley balloon festival, babysitting her three nephews so her sister won’t have to pay for day care. “I want to go up!” one of them shouts, scrambling over the bed of her black pickup truck.

Taking the Community-College Path to Stanford University

Wednesday . September 20, 2023

When Gabriel Clark graduated from high school in 2019, the Idaho Falls native didn’t feel a sense of accomplishment. “I didn’t have aspirations or a goal. I felt lost,” Clark says.

When he was in middle school, he had dreamed of going to Stanford University as a chemical engineer. But he struggled with his grades in high school — as well as with depression, an eating disorder, and family challenges after his electrician…

CEI credit student enrollment up 11.1%

Tuesday . September 19, 2023

College of Eastern Idaho saw an 11.1% increase in the number of credit students enrolled this fall in its programs over last year. “We are continuing to see growth just in the sense of people discovering what the college does and the kinds of offerings we have,” College of Eastern Idaho President Rick Aman said. “… A lot of that is due to students who want to move into the first two years of a transfer degree or career technical…

CEI achieves impressive 11.1% credit student enrollment increase for Fall 2023

Saturday . September 16, 2023

IDAHO FALLS — College of Eastern Idaho (CEI) proudly announces a remarkable 11.1% surge in credit student enrollment for the fall 2023 semester compared to the previous year. So far,1,772 credit-seeking students have enrolled, surpassing the 1,595 enrolled in fall 2022. And CEI isn’t done enrolling students yet. Regional high school students will continue to enroll in fall classes for another few weeks. CEI is already setting new…

CEI sees 11.1% credit student enrollment increase for Fall 2023

Wednesday . September 13, 2023

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — College of Eastern Idaho (CEI) saw an 11.1% surge in credit student enrollment for the fall 2023 semester compared to the previous year.

So far, 1,772 credit-seeking students have enrolled, surpassing the 1,595 enrolled in fall 2022. And CEI isn’t done enrolling students yet. Regional high school students will continue to enroll in fall classes for another few weeks. CEI is already setting…

College of Eastern Idaho earns accreditation

Thursday . August 24, 2023

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - The College of Eastern Idaho received its accreditation in its seventh year of enrollment.

The announcement means the institution will be able to provide education that can help students get the jobs that they need to be successful in the future.

CEI Receives Additional $150k from Lumina Foundation

Tuesday . August 22, 2023

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — College of Eastern Idaho (CEI) has received an additional $150,000 grant from the Lumina Foundation to further support marketing and brand-building efforts around increased enrollment of adult learners.

Last year, CEI was named one of nine runners-up in The Million Dollar Community College Challenge by Lumina Foundation and won a $100,000 to support strategic marketing and on campus brand-building.…

CEI Foundation’s annual Great Race for Education raises $100K

Friday . August 18, 2023

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - The College of Eastern Idaho raised more than $100,000 in scholarship money during the latest Great Race for Education event.

This is the most money the great race has ever raised to support scholarships and programs at CEI.

CEI Foundation’s annual Great Race for Education raises over $100,000

Friday . August 18, 2023

IDAHO FALLS — The College of Eastern Idaho (CEI) Foundation announced today that the annual Great Race for Education-Espionage Edition, held July 21, raised a whopping $102,000, by far the most of any of the event’s 15 editions.

“It boggles the mind, to be honest,” said Dave Facer, CEI Foundation executive Director. “People have been incredibly generous. We do our best to put together a fun, unique event, and it’s…

CEI Foundation's Annual Great Race for Education Raises Over $100k

Thursday . August 17, 2023

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — The College of Eastern Idaho (CEI) Foundation announced today that the annual Great Race for Education-Espionage Edition, held July 21, raised a whopping $102,000, by far the most of any of the event’s 15 editions.

“It boggles the mind, to be honest,” said Dave Facer, CEI Foundation executive Director. “People have been incredibly generous. We do our best to put together a fun, unique event, and it’s…