Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 11, 2023

Department of Education is stepping up with $368 million in new grant funding to aid teacher retention and recruitment and improve diversity. But there’s more the federal government can do. Congress and state lawmakers should consider raising the floor on teacher salaries, similar to what was proposed in a 2022 House bill.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

but The Community Colleges that Train Them Are Woefully Underfunded” (Wallace, 2022), Chancellor Kim Beatty spoke of MCC’s efforts to consolidate several schools and programs to create learning hubs. In May of 2022, the Missouri State Legislature invested in the workforce initiative by appropriating $30 million of its FY 2023 budget.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The bill boosts funding levels for a range of federal higher education programs, including $137 million more for historically underresourced institutions. “Our students and our colleges are facing increased costs and challenges with enrollment in most places, and they rely upon the federal government for support.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 3, 2023

Department of Education is receiving nearly $4 billion more in discretionary funds, although the Biden administration had requested $13 billion more. “We hoped for more support than that,” said David Baime, senior vice president for government relations for the American Association of Community Colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

The University of Pennsylvania is facing significant financial implications as the federal government halts $175 million in funding over policies regarding transgender student-athletes, raising concerns about academic freedom and institutional autonomy in higher education.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

They preface it as their 2021 -2022 negotiated rulemaking, which brought us a whole set of regulations that went into effect this July 1st. There are a number of characteristics that play into the educational programs themselves as well as the student populations that are attempting to enter into those programs.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 28, 2025

The future of the US Department of Education: 8 tips for journalists covering the agency under Trumps second term by Denise-Marie Ordway, The Journalist's Resource January 23, 2025 The U.S. Department of Education, one of the federal governments smallest Cabinet-level agencies, operates programs across every level of education.

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