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Students
Obama Signs Law Sealing Health Care, Student Loan Reforms
Finalizing two major pieces of his agenda, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sealed his health care overhaul and made the government the primary lender to students by cutting banks out of the process.
March 30, 2010
Community Colleges
Adult Learners Key To U.S. Reclaiming College Completion Lead, Education Dept. Official Says
President Barack Obama’s goal to increase the number of two- or four-year degree holding Americans by 2020 will require significant investments in educating nontraditional-aged college students, a U.S. Education Department assistant secretary told TRIO program administrators Wednesday at the Council for Opportunity in Education’s annual seminar with Education Department officials.
March 24, 2010
Students
Student Loan Reform Changes Necessary To Avert Pell Grant Crisis, Advocates Say
House approval of a student loan reform plan will help alleviate a potential crisis in the Pell Grant program as growing numbers of low-income students seek to access the program during this recession, higher education advocates say.
March 22, 2010
Community Colleges
Board Votes to Allow Undocumented Immigrants Access to N.C. Community Colleges
North Carolina’s community college board has approved allowing illegal immigrants to enroll next year, a move that could drop a contentious issue in the lap of state lawmakers in an election year.
March 22, 2010
Latinx
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.
March 21, 2010
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.
March 21, 2010
Students
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.
March 18, 2010
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.
March 18, 2010
Students
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).
March 15, 2010
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.
March 14, 2010
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.
March 11, 2010
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
March 8, 2010
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.
March 4, 2010
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.
March 3, 2010
Community Colleges
Locked Out of Higher Education
State budget cuts are crippling support for prison education programs throughout the U.S.
March 2, 2010
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.
February 28, 2010
Students
Perspectives: Adapting to Achieve
Tailoring higher education to meet the needs of diverse learners will help the U.S. become globally competitive.
February 25, 2010
Students
Ex-Obama Adviser Will Become Princeton Fellow
President Barack Obama’s former “green jobs” adviser will teach at Princeton University.
February 25, 2010
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