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Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hines, I want to merge this with helping underserved communities, especially in education, closing the opportunity gap and making sure that students will have the opportunity to develop their potential and be academically successful if they have the right support systems in place,’” says Hines. “A

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Proponents see value in Biden's free community college plan

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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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. They’re asking about the coordination or the communications between the researchers and other entities.” Yes In-Article Careers: 3 Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hines, I want to merge this with helping underserved communities, especially in education, closing the opportunity gap and making sure that students will have the opportunity to develop their potential and be academically successful if they have the right support systems in place,’” says Hines. “A

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Help Wanted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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). But a November 2022 article in U.S. Information was not provided about new nursing hire recruitment.

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Confidence in college: Has it collapsed? Better think again

University Business

But “many of these articles are getting the story wrong,” says the latest analysis from New America, a research organization and think tank that is taking a deeper look into what it calls “college declinism.” People still want the government to make college affordable. ” U.S. .”

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Updated educational attainment data show progress and gaps

Confessions of a Community College Dean

has the highest educational attainment rate for adults, but it’s also an area known for attracting transplants from other states with high education levels, so its seeming success could mask degree attainment challenges for certain demographics, such as local community college students. For example, Washington, D.C.,

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