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…
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…
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….
“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…
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the current issue of the Community College Journal, published by the American Association of Community Colleges. Addressing equity gaps in career and technical education (CTE) and workforce development…
For prison education advocates, the passage of the FAFSA Simplification Act in December 2020 was a monumental achievement, one that could not have been anticipated just a few years prior. In addition to streamlining the…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) last Friday concluded the first of three one-week negotiated rulemaking (“neg reg”) sessions of the Committee on Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility for the Title IV student aid programs Negotiated Rulemaking…
Community colleges are getting a larger share of the higher education spotlight these days. For those of us who have spent many years working to advance the nation’s community colleges, we welcome the coverage and…
The Biden administration on Thursday announced funding and other initiatives to support community colleges and their students, as well additional guidance on using previously awarded Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds. Continuing the Biden administration’s focus…
Community colleges have been dominated by the coronavirus pandemic for the past two years. The pivot to virtual learning was driven by necessity, but community colleges were not strangers to online learning. Pre-pandemic, community colleges…