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Researchers Present Recommendations for Reversing Minority Male Enrollment Declines at Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Although the pandemic has negatively impacted enrollment across the world of higher education, the drops for minoritized men at community colleges have been especially precipitous. Some of the researchers’ ideas for state policymakers were student centric. Other ideas focused on teachers.

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How Public Universities Can Tackle the Teacher Shortage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There’s little help on the way: The nation’s classrooms are projected to lose an average of 270,000 educators annually for the next several years, and enrollment in teacher preparation programs has plummeted. But there’s more the federal government can do.

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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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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.

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Leveraging Partnerships to Support Local Workforce Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Working together, educational institutions can create more accessible and effective pathways for students to enter high-demand career fields. 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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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.

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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.