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Encouraging a new community Symmetry Magazine Physicists advocate for getting community college students involved in research. Commentary: Workforce really is the name of the game. Let’s talk about how we should play it EdNC Listening…
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Washington Watch: Another try at tax-free Pell grants
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), a longtime champion of reforming higher education student tax benefits, has introduced HR 3000, bipartisan legislation to make Pell grants non-taxable and help community college students better access the American Opportunity…
Promising options for unenrolled adults
Associate degree or short-term credential programs remain the most popular pathways among adults who have stopped out of college and those who have never enrolled, according to an annual report by Gallup and Lumina Foundation…
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Ohio college leader disagrees with study calling community colleges ‘a waste of time’ WTOV Eastern Gateway Community College President Michael Geoghegan disagrees with a recent Associated Press article that inferred community colleges are a “waste…
Advocacy quick hits
Editor’s note: This new weekly update from the government relations office at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) provides the latest on what’s happening in Washington and how AACC is advancing policies to support…
Washington Watch: ED to grant case-by-case extension of HEERF dollars
The U.S. Education Department (ED) will soon begin accepting requests from colleges who need an extra year to spend remaining allotted funding from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) provided during the Covid pandemic….
Funding roundup
Citadel founder and CEO Kenneth C. Griffin has provided a $20 million gift to Miami Dade College (MDC) in Florida to increase access and opportunity for MDC students. Griffin’s gift is the largest single philanthropic…
Reporter’s notebook
Updated guidance to serve former inmates DOL awards grants for pre-apprenticeships Updated guidance to serve former inmates The U.S. Education Department (ED) has updated its guidance for colleges that serve formerly incarcerated individuals. The 2023…
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Clock ticks on college Covid relief dollars Politico’s Weekly Education The Biden administration as soon as this week could begin accepting requests from colleges for extra time to spend their share of federal Covid relief…
Bringing equity to online learning
In teaching online and hybrid classes for nearly a dozen years, Blinn College English professor Becky Almany spotted a curious trend. It wasn’t the content that often tripped up students in her courses. It was…