Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 12, 2023

Since any associated policy changes could affect a much wider set of services than originally expected, we thought that we’d use this space to share what we think are the key points that university leaders across higher education need to understand about the potential impact of recent and anticipated actions by the federal government.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MARCH 12, 2025

Risepoint's Ownership: The Vistria Group and Its Ties to the Obama Administration A key piece of Risepoints corporate structure lies in its ownership by Vistria Group, a Chicago-based venture capital firm with close ties to political and corporate elites, including former President Barack Obama.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 17, 2025

This exponential growth is likely driven by older borrowers who make up an increasingly large share of the federal student loan portfolio. million in 2023, compared to a 1 percent decline among borrowers under the age of 62. million in 2023. The number of student loan borrowers ages 62 and older increased by 59 percent from 1.7

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Since then they have had little opportunity to demonstrate improvement, with a planned 2023 ERA round suspended. ” Relegation of universities could trigger political pushback from local councils that treasure them, state governments that own them and a federal government sensitive to perceptions of rural areas getting a raw deal.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 3, 2023

On June 21, 2023, the State of Florida filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education, Florida vs Department of Education. This lawsuit has the potential to change how much influence state governments can have on both higher education accreditation and their institutions. The implications of this lawsuit can be far-reaching.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students. You released your preliminary report in July of 2023. In most cases we didn’t even hear back.

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EAB

JUNE 12, 2023

February Department of Education (ED) Dear Colleague Letter massively increases ED oversight (for now) In the last year, the federal government has taken several key actions that sowed confusion among Professional, Continuing, and Online (PCO) leaders, made worse by the February 2023 ED Dear Colleague Letter.

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Campus Sonar

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

It’s not surprising that 72% of college presidents agree or somewhat agree that their institution needs to make fundamental changes in its business models, programming, or other operations ( Inside Higher Ed’s 2023 survey of presidents ). However this work requires expertise that is typically fairly new to campus administrators.

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Creatrix Campus

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It accredits all higher education institutions not affiliated with the federal government by taking them through a series of quality assurance steps and offering them a license to operate. Even the Degree programs offered by federal (government-run) institutions are now also accredited.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They compared 2015 with 2023 and back in, in 2015, almost 60 percent of the people polled said they had either a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in higher education. In 2023 that’s down to 36%, [00:15:50] Drumm McNaughton: Mm [00:15:51] Brit Kirwan: almost cut in half. So he sues the Federal government about the law.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

That said, what do you want our presidents and chancellors to be thinking about as we launch into 2023? There are a lot of interesting policy contexts as we head further into 2023. One important policy consideration is how divided government at the federal level will affect higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

“Through our ongoing partnership, we are committed to taking education and corporate America higher by advancing academic research, ensuring student success at publicly supported HBCUs and serving as a liaison to the federal government and local officials for our members and their students.” We avoid data interpretation.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

The state and federal governments should defund programs and penalize institutions that fail to meet certain gainful-employment standards. I fear that at all too many institutions, faculty act like members of Congress who defer responsibility for governance to the executive branch and government agencies.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 17, 2025

Million Borrowers The Biden-Harris Administration today announced its final round of student loan forgiveness, approving more than $600 million for 4,550 borrowers through the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) Plan and 4,100 individual borrower defense approvals. The Administration leaves office having approved a cumulative $188.8

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 5, 2023

Staffing Does Stanford have more administrators than undergrads? Which university receives more taxpayer dollars from the federal government per student?” “There’s a lot of graduate education and a lot of research, and that’s where a lot of the staff and administrators are.” Former U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 3, 2023

trillion spending package for fiscal year 2023 that lawmakers approved late last month. The bill signed into law by President Biden increases the maximum annual Pell Grant award to $7,395—a $500 increase that will begin in the 2023–24 award year. The Biden administration had requested $800 million more. “U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

Image: The Biden administration is moving forward on a sweeping plan to overhaul how student borrowers can repay their loans, though advocates want the Education Department to go further in its plan, while critics cite the price tag as an area of concern. Over all, the changes are expected to have a net budget impact of $137.9

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 21, 2022

trillion spending package for fiscal year 2023. The 4,155-page draft spending plan, unveiled early Tuesday morning, will be voted on this week as lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives plan to work quickly to avoid a government shutdown. The Biden administration had requested $13 billion more for the department.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 26, 2023

26 December · Episode 187 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions 55 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Join us in our 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and Predictions for 2024. Join us in our 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and Predictions for 2024. Grade given by Deb Maue: A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2025

Department of Education announced Monday that more than 5 million Americans have been approved for student loan forgiveness under the Biden-Harris Administration, with total debt relief reaching $183.6 This marks a dramatic increase from the mere 7,000 borrowers who had received PSLF relief at the start of the administration.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

From 2020 to 2022, the federal government distributed nearly $80 billion to higher education institutions through three rounds of HEERF funding, with community colleges receiving $25 billion of that total. The 39 institutions analyzed in the study received about $765 million for direct student aid and $1.9

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 1, 2025

The executive order laid the groundwork for subsequent administrations to continue supporting these institutions, leading to billions in federal funding over the following decades. His administration strengthened bilingual education programs and worked to improve access to government services for non-English speakers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2025

million in contracts between Columbia and the federal government and conduct a "comprehensive review" of more than $5 billion in federal grant commitments to the institution. President Trump recently stated on Truth Social that "All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests."

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 24, 2023

Contributing to higher education’s democratization was the federal government’s mounting role, funding university research and subsidizing attendance through federally-financed grants and loans. Also, campuses became, increasingly, political and ideological battlegrounds. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Higher Education Inquirer

MARCH 29, 2025

In 2014, the CBO projected that taxpayers would generate an 11-cent profit for every dollar of student loans issued by the federal government in fiscal year 2024. Biden Administration Policy Changes The Biden administration's student loan forgiveness initiatives are cited as significant contributors to the growing cost of the program.

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Higher Education Inquirer

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The Department acted because it found, as described in a detailed 38-page letter sent to FCC in April 2023, blatant cheating at FCC on “ability-to-benefit” entrance exams for students without a high school diploma. In June 2023, yet another ACCSC-accredited school, Hussian College, suddenly shut down.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 28, 2025

Department of Education, one of the federal governments smallest Cabinet-level agencies, operates programs across every level of education. In fact, less than 8% of public school revenue came from federal agencies, including the Education Department, before COVID-19 reached the U.S. Emphasize that closing the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2025

This is in strong contrast to what we saw from our federal agencies during the period post October 7 th. The Biden Administration undertook, with dedication and persistence, the hard work to ensure students and campus communities were safe. Department of Education in the Biden-Harris Administration from 2023 to 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration stated in 2022 that it would address the matter of discrimination in sex-separate athletics in another set of proposed rules, which it published and opened up to public comment about a year later. Separate rules The exclusion of rules about trans athletes was no surprise. 12, 2022 – garnered 240,203.

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University Business

JANUARY 28, 2025

The executive order directs the attorney general and secretary of education issue guidance for all federally funded institutions on how to better comply with the 2023 U.S. The Department of Education is also gutting all aspects of DEI per another executive order aiming to end all related mandates across the federal government.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 16, 2025

It also announced it would seek to ban Andrew Clark, the CEO of Ashfords demised parent company, Zovio, from contracting with the federal government. The Biden administration deserves credit for at last righting some of this wrong. The Biden Department of Education announced today it has approved $4.5 Three years?)

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

According to a 2023 report , only 4% of chief diversity officer positions in U.S. In addition to the right wing legal attack, Donald Trump is so obsessed with ending DEI in the federal government that all employees connected with such programs were placed on administrative leave after one of his many executive orders were issued.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

More from UB: How reduced federal spending can hurt state support for higher ed DEI programming ordered to cease at all public institutions All K12 and postsecondary public institutions have been ordered toremove all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs within 14 days, according to a Feb.

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