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. Margaret Spellings, former U.S.

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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 an article published by CNN titled, “The US Desperately Needs Skilled Workers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

They also recommended coordinating efforts around student needs, such as food and housing, and suggested establishing industry partnerships with career and technical education programs. Other ideas focused on teachers. Harris said that strategies for making change in states with unfriendly climates was a priority for future work.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

They will face questions about the unpredictable direction of federal government rhetoric and policies toward Chinese students. He is also a doctoral candidate in the executive doctor of education in higher education program at Boston College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 1, 2025

He appointed record numbers of Hispanic Americans to federal positions and established the first presidential advisory committees on Asian American and Pacific Islander affairs. His administration strengthened bilingual education programs and worked to improve access to government services for non-English speakers.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

One of the primary functions of the Department of Education is to enforce the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a federal law that guarantees students with disabilities the right to a free and appropriate public education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 30, 2024

In a blow for immigration advocates, the Education Department decided against expanding some TRIO programs to undocumented students. Colleges will have to submit to the federal government new data on their distance education programs under a batch of new rules the Biden administration finalized Monday.

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University Business

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The latest list found that colleges and universities in the past year took subtler ways of antagonizing LGBTQ+ students by leveraging their religious affiliation to escape being accused of sexual harassment by the federal government. Those who violate the statutes run the risk of losing out on taxpayer funding.

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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

JANUARY 28, 2025

ET, could affect trillions of dollars in funding and has sparked concerns about disruptions to scientific research, education programs, and disaster relief efforts. Americans need a federal government that works for them, not against them. The pause, which took effect Tuesday at 5 p.m.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2025

need to recognize that colleges arent the enemy, as Vice President JD Vance called them in a 2021 speech to the National Conservatism Conference, and instead colleges and government need to work together for real solutions for student success. Miller was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs at the U.S.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

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. And there are programs that this doesn’t seem to fit real well with.

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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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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 2, 2024

Cutting costs at the school in order to pay Graham Holdings’ fees would likely mean lower-quality educational programs. Boosting enrollment for lower-quality programs would likely mean accelerating the deceptive recruiting practices, targeted at low-income Americans, that sullied Kaplan in the first place.

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