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Amid Bitter Health Care Debate, House Clears Student Loan Changes

After months of delays as education took a back seat to the health care debate, the House of Representatives Sunday night approved a mammoth bill that ties both issues together in a package that includes more support for Pell Grants and minority-serving institutions.

African-American

HBCU Leaders Consider Partnerships Key to Remaining Competitive in Online Era

Creating partnerships to link students across campuses and offering online academic programs to students were two of the solutions presidents of some of the country’s historically Black colleges and universities say will help keep their institution competitive as more options for higher education emerge.

Dr. Sidney Ribeau

Forum: Reformers Urged To Continue Advocacy for Student Aid Overhaul

National advocates for simplifying the federal student aid program urged colleagues gathered at a College Board policy forum Thursday in Washington to prepare for a long-term campaign for change.

African-American

Black College Leaders Briefed on Historic Health Care, Education Legislation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other congressional leaders addressed representatives from the nation’s Black colleges and universities just hours before Democratic leaders released a bill that combined highly sought education funding and student loan reform with historic legislation that aims to revamp U.S. health care.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Community College Summit Centers on Student Aid

At their annual legislative summit last week, community college trustees and administrators from around the country attended briefings on Capitol Hill and met with members of Congress to lobby on behalf of the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA).

Community Colleges

Indiana Community Colleges Grapple With Low Graduation Rates

Students in Indiana’s community colleges face significant hurdles in their quest for a diploma, and education leaders say the state needs to address those challenges to secure its economic future.

Community Colleges

Dire Financial Future Projected for U.S. Community Colleges

Hundreds of community college trustees and officials, meeting in Washington this week, are girding themselves for projected state funding shortfalls in 2012 when stimulus funds will dry up and recessionary budget gaps are expected to swell.

2010 Community College National Legislative Summit (photo by Arelis Hernandez)

Leadership & Policy

Alabama Two-year College Officials Plan for Disasters

The Alabama Community College System held the Introduction to Vulnerability exercise last Wednesday to identify and plug holes in disaster plans for the schools and their communities. The longtime goal tragically was made timely after last month’s deadly shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville

Central Alabama Community College

Faculty & Staff

Rowdy Students Block Campus Amid Funding Rally

Rowdy protesters blocked the main gates of a California university Thursday amid campus protests across the nation against deep cuts in education funding.

Community Colleges

ETS Achievement Gap Symposium Focuses on Adult Learners

In an effort to build research and policy support for the adult post-secondary education sector, the Educational Testing Service (ETS) highlighted the critical role adult education plays in preparing the U.S. workforce in elevating overall education attainment levels of Americans.

Barry Sheckley at ETS

Community Colleges

Locked Out of Higher Education

State budget cuts are crippling support for prison education programs throughout the U.S.

Prison Ed Classroom

Community Colleges

Debaters Find Common Ground on Need for College Accountability

Veteran higher education leaders, sparring over whether the U.S. workforce will need to increase its production of college graduates to remain a “world class” economic power, found common ground at a Washington higher education policy forum in urging that universities be held more accountable for providing a high-quality education that prepares students for the labor market.

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