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Proponents see value in Biden's free community college plan

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Image: The Biden administration’s $90 billion plan to provide free community college likely won’t make it through Congress, but supporters of the effort say the request shows it’s a priority for the administration and helps to continue the national conversation about the policy. percent decline in enrollment.

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The federal government projects that more than 203,000 new registered nurse (RN) positions will be created each year from 2021 to 2031, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Information was not provided about new nursing hire recruitment. But a November 2022 article in U.S.

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House weaponization subcommittee seeks records from universities

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universities are getting swept up in House Republicans’ investigation into the “weaponization” of the federal government. They’re asking about the coordination or the communications between the researchers and other entities.” Image: Disinformation researchers at several U.S.

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Updated educational attainment data show progress and gaps

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Image: New data from the Lumina Foundation on college degree or credential attainment rates for U.S. 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. adults show both good and bad news. For example, Washington, D.C.,

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The 2023 men's NCAA tournament results, if academics ruled

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When two teams matched up for a game in the bracket tie going head to head on the APR, we turn to the NCAA’s graduation success rate for 2021–22, which measures the proportion of athletes who graduated within six years of entering the institution.

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Accreditor emerging for intellectual disabilities programs

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” Christine Price, program coordinator for the Skills, Training and Education for Personal Success (STEPS) program at Austin Community College in Texas, said she gets phone calls from people wanting to know if STEPS is a “real college” program.

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Univ. of Phoenix is the Top Recipient of GI Bill Funding

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Between 2013 and 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs gave the for-profit institution $1.6 In 2021–22, the total fell to $69 million, which was still more than any other institution received—even though it ranked fifth for the number of GI Bill students enrolled, according to USA Today.