Virginia is increasingly using statewide postsecondary planning resources to sustain and increase higher education enrollment and expand workforce opportunities, a new report found.
In 2022, lawmakers directed the Virginia Department of Education and the State Council of Higher Education to conduct annual studies on how the commonwealth maintains and updates statewide postsecondary planning resources for students, families, educators and school divisions.
In the 2026 report, the two agencies recommended that Virginia keep updating scholarships and education-cost guidance to help students and families — including the Dorvals in Chesapeake — compare college, training, military and career pathways…