Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

While caveats apply, established universities must now conduct research at “world standard” in at least half the broad fields of education they teach. The body charged with enforcing this obligation is the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), the brainchild of late higher education reviewer Denise Bradley.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The federal government projects that more than 203,000 new registered nurse (RN) positions will be created each year from 2021 to 2031, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). It’s designed to prepare nurses who are interested in teaching either in a higher education environment or in a clinical setting.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 22, 2023

Administrators have said only 23 current faculty and staff members will lose their jobs. The crisis had been partly obscured, he said, by COVID-19 relief funds that had flowed from the federal government during the coronavirus pandemic—money that the university couldn’t count on for long.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Higher education professionals have long been concerned with how to raise public awareness about climate change. A headline from New York magazine in 2018 is representative, proclaiming, “UN Says Climate Genocide Is Coming. Partner with local governments. Yet today we face a different problem.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Image: If the Biden administration wants to create a list of “low-financial-value” postsecondary programs, it’s going to have to overcome stiff opposition from the higher education lobby, which decried the plan as a slippery slope, problematic and potentially dangerous.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: The Education Department is planning to use undercover agents—known as “secret shoppers”—to monitor colleges and universities that receive federal financial aid for potentially deceptive practices. The Office of Federal Student Aid has not used secret shoppers before.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

As more states with conservative leaders pass laws to end or curtail diversity initiatives in higher education, a number of higher ed stakeholders say they are intensifying efforts to ensure access and success for the very students who are being targeted. In terms of day-to-day administration, Crazy Bull points to teamwork. “I

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 13, 2023

Image: Nearly a decade after the Obama administration broached the idea of rating colleges and universities, the Biden administration is ready to take another crack at the historically fraught concept. The Obama administration didn’t end up rating institutions after opposition from higher education groups and others.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Barmak Nassirian Barmak Nassirian is vice president for higher education policy with Veterans Education Success, a research and advocacy organization with the goal of improving educational outcomes for veterans. Bill and Defense Department Tuition Assistance benefits, counted toward income from non-federal sources.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Image: If the Biden administration’s debt-relief plan survives the U.S. The question of standing has been a key theme in the recent legal battle over the Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans for eligible Americans.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The bill boosts funding levels for a range of federal higher education programs, including $137 million more for historically underresourced institutions. However, the Biden administration, advocates and interest groups had hoped to see higher increases across the board. billion in discretionary funds—a 5.1

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

Image: The Biden administration is moving forward on a sweeping plan to overhaul how student borrowers can repay their loans, though advocates want the Education Department to go further in its plan, while critics cite the price tag as an area of concern. The proposed regulations will open for 30 days of public comment today.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 17, 2023

Image: The Biden administration’s $90 billion plan to provide free community college likely won’t make it through Congress, but supporters of the effort say the request shows it’s a priority for the administration and helps to continue the national conversation about the policy.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 3, 2023

Advocates and higher education groups said the $500 bump is significant and will help more students afford a college education. Department of Education is receiving nearly $4 billion more in discretionary funds, although the Biden administration had requested $13 billion more. ” Science Funding.

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