Working to improve #HigherEd @NewAmericaEd. Previously at NGA. Tweets are my own. https://xitter.cf/t.co/yUcz771iFA
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A Ready-Made Model for Workforce Pell: Inside @LorainCCC’s Fast Track Programs
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This is Trump's true education agenda: Not a reduced federal role, but an ideological takeover without precedent. DOGE commissars want control over who colleges admit, what colleges teach, what students and faculty are allowed to say. It will not stop at Columbia. You're next.
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A day after @EDSecMcMahon fired half of @usedgov employees, the @FAFSA is down. Don’t worry, though, since they fired the people who would fix it they lied and added a planned maintenance label once they realized it was broken.
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I worked at the US Department of Education along side brilliant and dedicated public servants who are committed to improving students’ access to a quality education so they can fully participate in our economy. Let’s also remember /1
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To be clear - this is an act of violence against hard-working career servants, against the middle class, against workers everywhere… It is cruel, unnecessary, and obviously illegal…
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Anyone actually interested in reducing waste, fraud, and abuse in education should favor tighter regulation of cosmetology schools that leave students deep in debt. My colleague Jeremy Wolf
details endemic problems at one @PaulMitchellUS academy. newamerica.org/education-po...
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1/ I wrote about Linda McMahon's so-called "final mission" to destroy the U.S. Department of Education from within. The most important thing to emphasize is that this lawless "mission" is doomed to failure, as long as people stand up, speak out, and fight back.
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Calling to higher ed and friends of higher ed: Read this thread. We are mobilizing.
NIH has announced a cut in the "indirect rate" to 15% across the board, in a move that appears to be retroactive to even existing grants. This is a bloodbath for research institutions throughout the country.
Brief explainer for those not in this world:
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Stressed about rising child care costs? Do something about it! Sign @MomsFirstUS's letter calling on @POTUS to save and expand the child care tax credit. momsfirst.us/childcare/?snw=…
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@paulfain's weekly newsletter is always good, but his account this week of how the OMB order sowed chaos in workforce programs is a must read.
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Are Microcredentials a Path to Good Jobs? Sometimes.
Analysis and insight via @Irisonhighered @NewAmericaEd drawing on data from @GeorgetownCEW
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Great analysis from my colleague @tiacecaldwell: despite 4.5 years when it was essentially impossible to default on a student loan, and the Department of Ed's "Fresh Start" program, 6.8 million people are still in default.
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I learned so much working on this primer on work-based learning at community colleges *and* got to work with @RachelRMarlowe @ResearchEdDC Win-win! newamerica.org/education-pol…
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How does #DualEnrollment threaten the financial health of community colleges?
🔎 Here, our director for #CommunityColleges @Irisonhighered explains how limited resources make it tough for programs to support both high school and adult students enrolled. newamerica.org/education-pol…
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Balancing Dual Enrollment & Community Needs: A Challenge for Community Colleges via @Irisonhighered @NewAmericaEd
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While states fund dual enrollment in a variety of ways, most do not provide as much money to the community college for a student enrolled in high school as they do for a student who has graduated. newamerica.org/education-pol… @Irisonhighered @NewAmericaEd
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Today, we're announcing a first-of-its-kind initiative to support community and technical #colleges as they maximize their impact across innovation ecosystems.
🚀 Read more about our #FutureOfWork partnership with @NSF and the launch of the Accelerator. newamerica.org/education-pol…
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🆕Big news! Today, @NSF and @NewAmerica announce a strategic initiative supported by @AscendiumEP to empower community & technical colleges in regional innovation ecosystems in #NSFEngines created under the #CHIPSAct
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📷 This Labor Day, @McCarthyEdWork and I explore key reads and watch documentaries that shed light on the labor movement's past and future. Check it out:
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#LaborDay2024 #FutureOfWork #ReadingList
