Advocacy quick hits
Debt ceiling deal – What happens next? Student debt cancellation faces uncertain future Title IX delays Funding opportunities Debt ceiling deal – What happens next? Over the weekend, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin…
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Beyond a crisis plan: Preparing through tabletop exercises
What will a college’s next emergency be? No one can be sure. Many factors in a crisis situation are unpredictable. Otherwise, we’d take action to mitigate them. What is within control is preparation. To prepare,…
Advocacy quick hits
Debt-ceiling deadline looms large New NPRMs from ED Focus on community college agriculture workforce programs Funding opportunities Debt-ceiling deadline looms large President Joe Biden and Congressional leaders have continued meeting this week to negotiate legislation…
Washington Watch: CHIPS Act opportunities for community colleges
The American Association of Community Colleges hosted a webinar on Monday that featured Department of Commerce officials discussing opportunities available to community colleges under the CHIPS Act. The legislation will provide $50 billion over the…
Washington Watch: ED proposes gainful employment and related rules
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Wednesday released its highly anticipated rules governing federal student aid eligibility for all Title IV-eligible certificate programs, under the “gainful employment” (GE) language in the Higher Education Act (HEA). …
The visible trailblazer: Alone among many
In today’s increasingly diverse world, individuals from different backgrounds are finding themselves in various spaces where they may be the only representative of their racial or ethnic group. In my nearly 45 years of living…
Mindfulness
Don’t be “Clueless” about mindfulness. Yes, you read that right; I did reference the pop culture movie “Clueless,” which some of you might remember viewing. However, pop culture can teach valuable lessons about our society…
Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month: Representation matters
“I wasn’t looking for you so I could kill you. I was just looking for someone who could see what I see, feel what I feel.” – Jobu Tupaki, “Everything, Everywhere All at Once” *…
Elsie Soto and the story of Potter’s Field
I was nine years old when my dad died of AIDS in 1993. Faced with the fact that many funeral homes would not take AIDS victims or charge exorbitant prices to embalm them, my family…
Collaborating to learn about humanitarian needs
Jordan Cutter is a student at Allegany College of Maryland (ACM) looking to start in its nursing program. Last month, he participated in a unique two-day “field simulation” hosted by the Forage Center for Peacebuilding…