Being ready for college is critical to succeeding in college, but good support services also can help. Laurie Quarlesis a legislative resource associate at the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts
The Senate last week did something it hasn’t done in a while: pass a funding bill for education and job training programs before the new fiscal year started. Time will tell whether the bill will…
Revenue from tuition and fees is not enough to operate many under-resourced community colleges — especially those that serve a disproportionate number of minority, low-income and first-generation college students. Laurie Quarlesis a legislative resource associate…
As your advocates in Washington, my colleagues and I rarely miss an opportunity to point out how vitally important an engaged membership is to achieving our legislative goals. Jim HermesJim Hermes is associate vice president…
The unemployment rate for adults ages 25 and older with a disability is more than twice as high as that of adults of the same age without a disability (8 percent and 3 percent, respectively),…
President Obama’s administration was notable for its ambitious postsecondary regulatory activity. This included new policy approaches that were not necessarily prescribed by statute. The Trump administration has signaled both formally and informally that it, too,…
As students prepare to enroll for the fall semester, many are still scrambling to find the resources to pay tuition and other college expenses. Millions of students begin the financial aid process each year, but…
In February, the Senate failed to pass any of three alternative bills that would have established a path to citizenship for approximately 1.8 million Dreamers, undocumented individuals that were brought to this country as children….
Community college officials have long decried the use of cohort default rates (CDR) as a criterion for institutional student aid eligibility. This starts with the basic conviction that the CDR is a poor measure of…
Before the 1980s, a high school education was enough to provide middle class earnings for nearly two-thirds of Americans. Today, more than half of all jobs are viewed as “middle skill,” requiring at least a…