Using data for advocacy
Hours after President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January, he told nearly 1,000 new White House staff and political appointees, “We work for the people.” This was a pandemic-era ceremony in which faces appeared in small…
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This week’s poll: Requiring vaccination?
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Coaching for student success and educational equity
In New York, community colleges seeking to bolster student success and center educational equity need not go it alone. Thanks to grants from Jobs for the Future (JFF) and its partners, institutions can work with…
Infrastructure legislation would pave way for colleges’ programs
Four years ago, the Trump administration touted soon-to-arrive $1 trillion bipartisan legislation that would add to and improve upon the nation’s roads, bridges, ports and other infrastructure. The legislation never materialized. But the need to…
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Portman: Pre-K, community college not ‘typically’ a government responsibilityThe Hill“I’m a big fan of what community colleges do,” Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said Sunday, adding that legislation should focus more on skills training or trade…
Funding roundup
Arkansas Cox Communications recently gifted $25,000 to the NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) Foundation in support of the foundation’s NWACC NOW! capital campaign that raises funds for the college’s new facility in Washington County. The…
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The Biden plan for free community college has a big challengeNew York Times (subscription required)A federal solution has to account for states that vary widely in how much they charge for tuition. Biden’s free community…
Leveraging work experiences for college credit
Donald Strange, a 54-year-old public works employee and then manager, has worked on many roads during his 34-year career, but says that there was one particular road that obsessed him. It was a road not…
Enrollment continues its decline
Spring undergraduate enrollment is down 5.9% compared to the same time last year, according to the latest research by the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center. This is the steepest decline in undergraduate enrollment since…
Supporting the American Families Plan proposal falls along party lines
The House Committee on Education and Labor met today to discuss the tenets of “Building Back Better: Investing in Improving Schools, Creating Jobs, and Strengthening Families and Our Economy.” “We cannot ignore the ongoing risks…