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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

” 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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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 31, 2023

In his latest podcast episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton talks with two CEW professors who worked on the study, Research Professor of Education and Economics Dr. Examples include expanding recruitment efforts and creating stronger partnerships between high schools and colleges. More outreach and advising can demystify college for students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 14, 2023

That takes us to issues of higher education governance—a process that is often tediously slow and too often inefficient but nevertheless the way we do business today. But at the ground level, there are additional stakeholders whose buy-in is essential for a program to grow and thrive.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Most notably, he was the Director of the Administration’s College Scorecard, an initiative focused on higher education transparency and accountability. billion in grants and establish policy for nearly $120 billion in Federal student aid every year. Number three is extremely important for college administrators.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

And the Federal Government requires that, look, if we’re going to give you a lot of money, we want you to uphold certain minimum standards. But we as the Federal Government don’t want to be in the business of telling everybody what to do. They certify federal financial aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The legislation would stop the University of California, California State University and their affiliates, and California Community Colleges, from barring students from being hired for jobs due to the lack of federal work authorization — which is often the case for students who have parents who immigrated to the state. “And

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

Unlike the federal government, which must often use its spending power to influence education policy due to its historically limited authority over education, state governments have more direct control over substantive education policy. Constitution, the federal government in fact plays a substantial role in higher education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

” Department officials have said that institutions on the list will be asked to submit a plan to improve their program’s financial value. Students also might receive a warning before they receive federal financial aid to attend a program on the list, according to a department fact sheet.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: The Education Department is planning to use undercover agents—known as “secret shoppers”—to monitor colleges and universities that receive federal financial aid for potentially deceptive practices.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

Students also will receive a warning before they receive federal financial aid to attend a program considered to have a low financial value. “If students are unable to pay back their loans in full, maybe the programs that they attended are not something that the federal government should be funding,” he said.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The federal government’s COVID assistance played a critical role in temporarily sustaining institutions, particularly smaller colleges, which otherwise faced the risk of closure. million in the first round of COVID relief funds, underscoring the significant impact of these aids.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

Historically Black and Predominantly Black community colleges across the South received an unprecedented $2.7 billion in federal pandemic relief funding, according to a new study released Wednesday by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. billion for institutional expenses. million to $348.3

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 13, 2023

Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield, managing director of policy and research at Higher Learning Advocates, a bipartisan nonprofit that works to improve outcomes for students, said the federal government is lagging behind state leaders, who already have been talking about how to define a high-quality postsecondary program.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MAY 14, 2024

This despite the commonly-held belief that college is the only way to improve social mobility. From 2011 onward, the College Meltdown was most visible with for-profit colleges and community colleges, but other non-elite schools and for-profit businesses were also affected.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The federal government (Department of Defense, CIA) and US corporations (particularly federal contractors) have also held great importance in the direction of higher education, servicing their most oppressive anti-democratic, colonial elements. Thorstein Veblen and Upton Sinclair provided a great deal of information on this.

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University Business

MARCH 19, 2025

” Institutions will need to seek more partners in the private philanthropic space to help support student financial aid, and income-based loans are one way to maximize their contributions, according to these nonprofit leaders. That’s kind of the most important role the federal government plays there.”

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