Posts Tagged ‘Quality & Outcomes’
Funding for College-Completion Program at Risk in Federal Budget
Fourteen thousand students dropped out of the Austin Community College District in Texas during the last two academic years. But the institution of more than 36,000 students has a plan to get some of them back. Supported by a $770,765 Education Department grant, that plan involves reaching out to students and connecting them with career…
Read MoreOp-ed: To support today’s students, Congress must strengthen oversight of colleges
George Miller, former Congressman and a board member of Higher Learning Advocates, published an op-ed on the need for Congress to strengthen oversight of colleges. Read the op-ed here.
Read MoreHigher Learning Advocates’ Statement of Support for the Advancing Competency-Based Education Act
WASHINGTON (October 21, 2019) — Julie Peller, executive director of Higher Learning Advocates, made the following statement to express support for the Advancing Competency-Based Education Act introduced by Senator Maggie Hassan and Congressman Joe Neguse: “Today’s students take multiple pathways to and through higher learning. High-quality competency-based education (CBE) programs meet today’s students—who are more…
Read MoreHigher Learning Advocates Makes Statement of Support for Quality Higher Education Act
WASHINGTON (October 15, 2019) — Julie Peller, executive director of Higher Learning Advocates, made the following statement to express support for the Quality Higher Education Act introduced by Congresswoman Frederica Wilson: “Today’s students deserve quality in whichever higher learning pathway they choose to earn their postsecondary degree or credential. The Quality Higher Education Act –…
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