EMILY BOUCK, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR 06/18/18 A student entering college today is more likely to leave with debt than a degree, and 31 million Americans have some college credit, but no degree or credential at all. Yet the degree is still the North Star for economic opportunity: a bachelor’s degree-holder earns one million dollars moreover their lifetime than their…
Category: Higher Education
Keeping a Promise to HBCUs
Historically black colleges and universities are struggling and hope President Trump will follow through with support. By Lauren Camera Sept. 29, 2017 FOR SCHOOLS THAT MAKE up just 3 percent of all higher education offerings, historically black colleges and universities have an outsized impact on the success of African-Americans and the workforce as a whole. More than 20…
Low graduation rates continue to plague HBCU’s
February 21, 2018 By Martel S. Sharpe Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) have recently come under attack for low retention rates. Recent studies indicate that six-year graduation rates at HBCUs have lowered within the last couple of years, while Predominantly White Institutions (PWI) continue to rise. According to Collegefactual.com, statistics show that approximately four out…
HBCU: Alabama A&M benefits from $6 million Boeing investment
By: JJ Vincent Posted: Jun 06, 2018 05:36 PM Alabama A&M is one of the schools benefiting from a $6 million dollar investment from Boeing in the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. The investment with the nation’s largest organization exclusively representing the black college community hopes to help build a robust pipeline of diverse, early career talent with Boeing. “This investment…
Remember Gov. Ducey’s ‘free college for teachers’ plan? Here’s what actually happened
Rachel Leingang, June 18, 2018 Gov. Doug Ducey promised potential teachers the moon: debt-free college, as long as they stayed to teach in Arizona. The academy was a prominent part of Ducey’s 2017 agenda, announced in that year’s State of the State address. It was designed to help address a continuing teacher shortage that leaves thousands of…
This Week’s ESSA News: Nation’s First Turnaround Plan Gets Green Light, Feds Approve Plans for North Carolina and Nebraska, How Opt-Outs Will Work & More
June 10, 2018 ASHLEY INMAN This update on the Every Student Succeeds Act and the education plans now being refined by state legislatures is produced in partnership with ESSA Essentials, a new series from the Collaborative for Student Success. U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos approved state ESSA plans for Nebraska and North Carolina this…
How America’s Schools Have (and Haven’t) Changed in the 64 Years Since the Brown v. Board Verdict — as Told in 15 Charts
By KEVIN MAHNKEN | May 13, 2018 Thursday marks the 64th anniversary of the Supreme Court abolishing segregated schools in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case. That means a generation of Americans has been born, attended public schools, matured into adulthood, raised children of their own, and now reached retirement age — all outside the shadow of…
House Committee Advances Education Spending Bill With $41 Million Increase, Ends Long-standing Ban on Federal Integration Efforts
The House Appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over the Education Department approved a bill Friday that would slightly increase federal funding while giving the Trump administration almost none of its requests. The bill would allocate $71 billion to the department for fiscal 2019, an increase of $43 million. The Trump administration had, for the second year in…
Public Schools For a New Generation: 5 Reasons Why Millennials Will Bend the Arc of American Education
One of my goals this year is inspiring fellow millennials to join the work of improving America’s public schools. Last November, I wrote in The 74 about the results of a poll showing that millennials believe education provides the best opportunity for success in life — much more so than factors like how much money you have or…
Hiler — No College Left Behind: 5 Lessons From the Pitfalls of NCLB to Keep in Mind As We Reform Higher Education
June 18, 2018 TAMARA HILER When I switched from federal K-12 policy to federal higher education policy two years ago, I assumed moving from one issue area to the other wouldn’t be that hard. I quickly learned that while both of these policy areas share a topline interest in improving school systems, the two worlds…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 