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Beyond ideological debates, a focus on process (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In a 2018 Pew Research Center poll , 61 percent of Americans said they believe higher education in the U.S. Among those, 81 percent said one reason is that “colleges and universities are too concerned about protecting students from views they might find offensive. is going in the wrong direction.

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Let’s Partner with Agriculture to Address Food Insecurity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These schools and their leaders have an extraordinary opportunity to work with the federal government to support those students—and it doesn’t require new institutional spending or a new Higher Education Act. Yet there is an enormous SNAP gap in program utilization.

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Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed: Strategies for Student Success and Employability: Changing Higher Education Podcast 157 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Kathryn Campbell and Dr. Zack Mabel

The Change Leader, Inc.

In his latest podcast episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton talks with two CEW professors who worked on the study, Research Professor of Education and Economics Dr. Zack Mabel and Associate Director of Editorial Policy and Senior Editor/Writer Kathryn Campbell. More outreach and advising can demystify college for students.

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Accreditor emerging for intellectual disabilities programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The center now counts about 315 such programs, though that amounts to a presence at less than 10 percent of colleges and universities. Proponents of expanding the number of programs point to research showing greatly improved employment outcomes for students, who also learn skills to help them live independently and be less reliant on family.

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Higher ed groups oppose plan to list low-value programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Broadly, organizations representing nonprofit colleges and universities urged the department to rethink its plans, while for-profit colleges advocated for metrics that would cover all sectors of higher education. Researchers at New America wrote that the department should make the list more consequential.

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Education Department to use secret shoppers to catch colleges lying

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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.

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Leveraging PEP and EMI Data to Improve Institutional Value and Student ROI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 173 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Michael Itzkowitz

The Change Leader, Inc.

Most notably, he was the Director of the Administration’s College Scorecard, an initiative focused on higher education transparency and accountability. billion in grants and establish policy for nearly $120 billion in Federal student aid every year. You can be someone who’s interested in where to go or a researcher.