The President recently released a proposal to expand federal funding for community colleges by 60 percent over the next 10 years: And on July 14, Obama unveiled the American Graduation Initiative, a 10-year, $12 billion plan that mirrors much of the Brookings report in calling for a significant increase in investment in community colleges. [...] [...]
Posts Tagged ‘higher education’
President Obama Calls for New Community College Investments
Posted in education, tagged community colleges, higher education, Tulsa Community College on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Workforce Wonkery Received
Posted in education, Jobs/Workforce, tagged higher education, Jobs/Workforce on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Matt Yglesias, of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, took in stride my comment that policy writers missed the point of that CEA report – it was about reforming workforce programs, not about the growth of healthcare and education jobs (which we already knew all about). He writes: But Micah Kordsmeier explains that the [...]
US House Heeds Quote of the Day
Posted in education, tagged Congress, Early Childhood Education, higher education, Policy on July 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Congressman George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, has proven himself an avid reader of our little blog! You see, in response to my highlighting of this morning’s Quote of the Day, about how the most important reform in post-secondary education is the advancement of early education, the good Chairman has [...]
Quote of the Day
Posted in Economic Security & Advancement, Jobs/Workforce, tagged Early Childhood Education, education, higher education, Jobs/Workforce on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The most important ‘post-high school’ education and training reform is a strong early childhood and elementary and secondary education system.” – From the Council of Economic Advisors report “Preparing the Workers of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow“ By the way, you are owed a substantive post from me and you shall get it. Get [...]
A Different Kind of Lottery for Education
Posted in Economic Security & Advancement, tagged education, higher education, Mobility on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chad Aldeman writes for InsideHigherEd that selective colleges and universities ought to scrap their admissions systems and replace it with a lottery: Each year, thousands of qualified applicants bombarded the admissions office, and, even after setting a relatively high standard, the admissions office had far too many qualified applicants to choose from, and very little [...]

