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Leveraging Partnerships to Support Local Workforce Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In an article published by CNN titled, “The US Desperately Needs Skilled Workers. but The Community Colleges that Train Them Are Woefully Underfunded” (Wallace, 2022), Chancellor Kim Beatty spoke of MCC’s efforts to consolidate several schools and programs to create learning hubs.

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Beyond ideological debates, a focus on process (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

While disagreements about ideological bias in higher education dominate headlines, what is often missing from the discussion is that both sides are actually joined together by a fundamental point of agreement: curriculum and pedagogy must adapt and respond to the needs of students and our democracy. is going in the wrong direction.

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Pell Grant to increase by $500

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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More money for Pell Grants, research in federal budget

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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With China's reopening, new challenges for recruiting

Confessions of a Community College Dean

They will face questions about the unpredictable direction of federal government rhetoric and policies toward Chinese students. Among international families, ranking is often seen as a simplified way of navigating a rather complex and unfamiliar system of higher education options abroad. Disable left side advertisement?:

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Predatory Colleges, Converted To Non-Profit, Are Failing (David Halperin, Republic Report)

Higher Education Inquirer

[Editor's note: This article originally appeared on Republic Report.] The apparent aims were to evade the heightened government regulations applied uniquely to for-profit schools in order to guard against waste, fraud, and abuse — and to escape the growing stigma that the industry’s predatory behavior had placed on for-profits.