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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, she had worked at high levels of the federal government, as a former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and the former U.S. Sylvia Burwell Burwell had an unusual background for a college president, never having been a professor, a dean, or a provost, and never having earned an advanced degree.

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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, she had worked at high levels of the federal government, as a former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and the former U.S. Sylvia Burwell Burwell had an unusual background for a college president, never having been a professor, a dean, or a provost, and never having earned an advanced degree.

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A forgotten minority: Why we must better serve student parents

University Business

For every dollar the federal government invests in childcare for single-mother students, research shows a projected return of 430 percent in increased tax contributions and reduced public assistance. Single mothers who earn an associate degree, for example, see about $256,000 more in lifetime earnings.

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How Public Universities Can Tackle the Teacher Shortage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The nation’s public schools lost 7% of their teaching force between 2019 and 2021, and 4% of all teaching positions in the nation’s public schools were unfilled as of last fall. But there’s more the federal government can do.

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House weaponization subcommittee seeks records from universities

Confessions of a Community College Dean

universities are getting swept up in House Republicans’ investigation into the “weaponization” of the federal government. ” House Republicans formed the ​​Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government this year in order to investigate violations of civil liberations.

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Updated educational attainment data show progress and gaps

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The national share of working-age Americans who hold college degrees increased across racial and ethnic groups and rose in all states between 2019 and 2021. percent in 2019. Image: New data from the Lumina Foundation on college degree or credential attainment rates for U.S. adults show both good and bad news.

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Social Security Offsets and Defaulted Student Loans (CFPB)

Higher Education Inquirer

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Education paused collections on defaulted federal student loans. Between 2001 and 2019, the number of Social Security beneficiaries experiencing reduced benefits due to forced collection increased from approximately 6,200 to 192,300. million in 2019. million to $429.7

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