Partisan about Pell
A House hearing Thursday focusing on Pell grants yielded mostly well-known arguments from both sides of the aisle: Democrats contended that an increase to the maximum award — in particular, doubling it — is long…
Campus Issues
Washington Watch: ED releases additional higher ed relief funds
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Thursday released $3.2 billion in remaining Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) to support students at historic and under-resourced institutions. The new funding comes overwhelmingly through Titles III and…
Headlines
500 LA Community College Students to Receive Grant For DACA Application FeeNBC Los AngelesMayor Eric Garcetti announced Thursday that 500 community college students in Los Angeles will receive a grant to pay the Deferred Action…
Addressing increased anxiety over math
As we gear up for a gradual return to campus at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) in New York City, the course modes we established during the pandemic remain flexible in order to protect the health and well-being of everyone in the…
A closer look at non-degree credentials
Interest in nondegree credentials has been growing among learners and employers over the past few years, but it has especially grown during the pandemic and now post-Covid workforce world. A new report by the Strada…
Reporter’s notebook
House amendment aims to boost funding for community college career training programsNew cohort of colleges for NSF’s Project VisionChicago college system to cover costs of some short-term coursesNew York taps federal funds for debt relief…
Funding roundup
Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) in Pennsylvania recently received one of the largest estate gifts in its history: $576,000 from Alma R. Jacobs’ estate to benefit the greatest needs of MCCC and its students. Jacobs…
Headlines
Key Senate Democrats and Republicans appear set to clinch a $1T infrastructure dealWashington PostThe plan includes $65 billion to build out broadband Internet access to rural areas and help those who have access to the…
Headlines
Commentary: Is America’s workforce ready for a tsunami of skilled jobs?MediumSurvey data suggests that we’re not ready and that it’s time to change how we train and upskill our workforce. Santa Fe Public Schools’ graduation…
Newsmakers
CEOs on the move Martha Garcia is the next superintendent/president at College of the Desert in California, effective August 20. She is currently superintendent/president of her alma mater, Imperial Valley College in California, a position…