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Download full textUS Senate, 2020
This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions focuses on reauthorizing the Higher Education Act through access and innovation. The following committee members presented opening statements: (1) Honorable Lamar Alexander, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; and (2) Honorable Patty Murray, Ranking…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Access to Education
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Direct linkBaime, David – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2022
This chapter describes and documents anticipated areas of federal community college advocacy. Changes in Congressional behavior are described with specific illustrations of federal legislation, specifically the Higher Education Act. Discussion on the role of the college president and CEO in advocacy focuses on the role of the president and the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Advocacy, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn – MDRC, 2015
This document presents the testimony of MDRC's Lashawn Richburg-Hayes before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee regarding evidence-based ways to improve the academic success of low-income college students. Richburg-Hayes makes four primary points based on existing research: (1) Comprehensive and integrated programs…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Higher Education, College Students
Beer, Allison; Bray, Jacob; Calloway, Marcia – Association of Community College Trustees, 2018
Community colleges and businesses have a shared interest in preparing students and existing workers to be successful in their careers. Community colleges seek to educate and train individuals in their community to have the knowledge and skills for current jobs and long-term career opportunities. Employers seek employees with both job-specific…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Labor Force Development, Community Colleges, School Business Relationship
The White House, 2011
In his State of the Union, the President made it clear that the most important contest this country faces today is not between Democrats and Republicans, but with competitors around the world for the jobs and industries of our time. To win that contest and secure prosperity for all Americans, the nation must out-innovate, out-educate, and…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Educational Attainment, Educational Improvement, Early Childhood Education
Visher, Mary G.; Fowler, Donna – MPR Associates, Inc., 2006
Not since the Depression, when the unemployed flocked to community colleges for training, have community colleges been more squarely in the workforce development spotlight than now. Long recognized for providing affordable access to students seeking associate's degrees or transfer to four-year postsecondary institutions, community colleges have…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Job Training, Community Colleges, Dislocated Workers
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1972
The report presents data and discussion on U.S. education across sectors, as well as the work of the Office of Education. Among topics discussed are education failings, including inadequate budges and ineffective courses, teaching, and curricula; evidence of success; compensatory education; education finance; dropout prevention; minority…
Descriptors: Failure, Budgets, Courses, Instruction
