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As nurses quit, states seek to train moreStateline (Pew Trusts blog)Indiana’s Ivy Tech Community College turned away about 300 qualified students last year because of capacity issues. To address that, a new law lets the…
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Q&A: Free speech on campus
What speech on campus is protected? What’s not protected? Arthur B. Spitzer, senior counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia, answered our questions about free speech on campus. This article…
Washington Watch: No consensus for gainful employment regulations
Members of a U.S. Education Department’s (ED) negotiated-rulemaking committee failed on Wednesday to reach consensus on proposed regulations implementing the “gainful employment” (GE) language in the Higher Education Act. The consensus vote was held during…
Washington Watch: Community college earmarks
The federal government is set to give a total of more than $95 million to community colleges across the country for technology upgrades, improved student services, new academic programs and dozens of other projects as…
From equity talk to equity walk: Harvard and Massachusetts community colleges
It may not always take money to make money, but it sure helps. Last year, according to the recently released 2021 NACUBO-TIAA Study of Endowments, Harvard University’s famed endowment grew from $41.9 billion to $53.2…
Faculty as change agents
Over the past 18 months, community colleges have had to dramatically increase supports to students and work closely with them to help address the myriad challenges they have faced during the pandemic and recession. Institutions…
Washington Watch: Congress releases FY 22 spending bill
Congress released on Wednesday an omnibus fiscal year (FY) 2022 appropriations bill that will fund the entire federal government for the remainder of the current fiscal year, which began on October 1. As expected, the…
Washington Watch: Mulling gainful employment regs
The U.S. Education Department (ED) last Friday wrapped up the second of three week-long negotiated rulemaking (negreg) sessions of the Committee on Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility for the Title IV student aid programs. As previously…
Black History Month: Students who inspire us
Sometimes, when we think about Black History, we think about it as being in the past. At Phi Theta Kappa, Black History is something we live daily. It is very much a part of our present….
How to prioritize first-gen students
“Please, don’t get married so young.” These were the last words Lindsy Orozco-Diaz’s grandfather said to her during her family’s final visit with her grandparents in Mexico in 2018. Blas Orozco knew his granddaughter had…