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” *…
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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…
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Gov. Reynolds signs apprenticeship bill Quad-City Times (subscription required) Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has sign the Iowa Registered Apprenticeship Act, which includes an important role for community colleges. Savannah Technical College offering new electric vehicle…
Workforce Pell, CTE and more
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona pitched for the president’s proposed fiscal year 2024 spending plan before Senate appropriators on Thursday. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), chair of the Senate Appropriation’s education subcommittee, kicked off the hearing…
Revving up to work on WIOA
Democrats and Republicans agree that the nation’s main workforce education law isn’t yielding as many skilled workers as business and industry need. But how to revamp the legislation is where the sides split. A House…
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…
Interview and inquiry: Rethinking writing and research
For years, higher education has been reevaluating how to look at the student research process. At first, sites like Wikipedia and Google were the bane of any professor’s existence. Then came the onslaught of blog…
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Clatsop Community College offers free tuition to Chinook Nation students OregonLive The Oregon college will become the first higher education institution within the traditional homelands of the Chinook Indian Nation to grant free tuition to…
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 community colleges and students….
Reporter’s notebook
House bill aims to extend SNAP benefits for college students 2023 Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholars House bill aims to extend SNAP benefits for college students Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-California) on Wednesday plans to introduce a…