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Proponents see value in Biden's free community college plan

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“What’s really important is just that we don’t lose sight of the fact that this is a potential game changer in how we actually finance public higher ed, and then the federal government needs to think about a change ultimately in the structure of how the federal government is helping fund public higher education.”

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Feds award Bergen Community College $4.5M to grow agriculture education

University Business

The federal government has awarded Bergen Community College a five-year, $4.5 jobs reside within the affiliated industries – including at farms, research laboratories, manufacturers, engineering firms and logistics companies. economic activity ($8.6 trillion) comes from the food and agriculture sector. economic activity ($8.6

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Meaningful Competency Based Education

Parchment

Like, you know, this is what the government of Greece says are the national qualifications. We don’t have that in the US in terms of like a federal government entity saying here skills and competencies. The federal government says, here’s what the skills and competencies are for these jobs.

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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

The federal government alone uses dozens of definitions. Now it’s agriculture and advanced manufacturing. So, give us a little bit of background as a framework for our conversation if you would, please. Andrew Koricich 04:09 Sure. Every state uses different definitions. So, that’s where these colleges will be tied to.

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Let's Talk About the True Cost―and True Value―of a College Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Educationlike agriculture, transportation, energy, manufacturing and other sectors important to the security and prosperity of our countryis, in part, subsidized by the federal government. That said, most colleges and universities are subject to the market principle of supply and demand.

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Pain is the Point: Xenophobia and the Dangers of Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This manufactured fear transformed the public image of Asian migrants from hardworking laborers into deviants, incapable of assimilation with an appetite for white women. Leveraging racial resentment to manufacture white support and undermine democracy is not a new tactic. The pain inflicted by these racist tropes was the point.

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The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 4: Student Issues

The Change Leader, Inc.

This tool is revolutionary because the federal government has banned collecting and reporting student-level information because of privacy concerns since 2008. If one thinks about an institution of higher learning as a manufacturing plant for young minds, the raw materials coming in the door are your incoming classes.