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APLU Conference Explores What a Biden Presidency Means For Higher Education Reform
In the aftermath of a presidential election, higher education policy concerns dominated the second day of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) annual conference, which again gathered university leaders online for a packed afternoon on Tuesday.
November 10, 2020
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Yale Professor Named as One of Three Co-Chairs on Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Taskforce
Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, is among two others appointed as one of three co-chairs on president-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 taskforce, according to Hartford Courant. Nunez-Smith currently serves as associate professor of internal medicine, public health and management at Yale School of Medicine. She is also the founding director of the Equity Research and Innovation Center. Her […]
November 9, 2020
Community Colleges
The Revenue Gap for Community Colleges Comes to $78 Billion. Would Biden’s Election Make a Difference?
There’s a $78 billion revenue gap between community colleges and four-year institutions, according to a recent report by the Center for American Progress, a left-wing think tank. The study found that community colleges receive $8,800 less in revenue per student enrolled compared to four-year colleges.
October 15, 2020
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Report Examines Biden’s Tuition-Free Public College Plan
A new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce measures the costs of free-college models, including the plan proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
October 6, 2020
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Candidates Spar on Issues at Tuesday’s Debate, But Education Not One of Them
The first of three presidential debates for the 2020 campaign kicked off on Tuesday night, with K-12 and higher education noticeably missing from the moderator’s questions. That omission frustrates scholars who argue that the future of education — particularly amid COVID-19 — must be discussed and debated in the days leading up to November’s election.
September 30, 2020
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Delaware State University Refutes Reports of Biden ‘Lying’ About Attendance
Delaware State University is refuting the reporting by some media outlets that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden lied about attending the school, Delaware’s only historically Black university, Delaware Online reported. Outlets such as Fox News, The Washington Times and The Blaze reported that Biden lied and that the school disproved the claims. Although DSU did […]
September 30, 2020
Military
Biden Campaign Gets Boost From Retired Military, Intelligence Officers
Nearly 500 retired senior military officials, diplomats and other officials signed an open letter last Thursday, endorsing Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as “the leader our nation needs” and “a good man with a strong sense of right and wrong.” “We are former public servants who have devoted our careers, and in many cases risked […]
September 27, 2020
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DeVos Under Investigation for Potentially Violating Hatch Act
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is under investigation by The Office of the Special Counsel for potentially violating the Hatch Act, according to POLITICO. After slamming Joe Biden in a Fox News interview about his promise to roll back school choice policies, which her agency promoted through official channels on YouTube, she now stands accused of […]
September 24, 2020
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If Joe Biden Wins, Who Could Be the Next Secretary of Education?
With election season very much upon us, a question is on the minds of higher education leaders. If former Vice President Joe Biden wins the presidency, who would he choose for secretary of education?
September 3, 2020
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Will Higher Education Take Center Stage at Democratic National Convention?
As the Democratic National Convention kicks off, experts speculate about what role higher education policy will play in the proceedings and what a Biden-Harris ticket could – and should – mean for higher education reform.
August 18, 2020
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Biden Picks Harris as Running Mate
Former Vice President Joe Biden has tapped U.S. Senator Kamala Harris—a Howard University graduate—to be his running mate in this year’s presidential election.
August 11, 2020
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Now, More than Ever, America Needs More Black Male Social Studies Teachers
For Black students in America, having a same-race social studies teacher is extremely rare. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), social studies teachers make up just 7% of the entire teacher workforce. And of all social studies teachers, roughly 94% are White (54% men and 40% women). Just 3% of America’s social studies teachers are Black men. And only 3% are Black women. In fact, the average social studies teacher is a White male in his mid-40s despite the fact that men only make up 23% of all teachers. As a result, only 1 to 2 lessons or 8–9% of total US History class time is devoted to Black history.
June 16, 2020
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