Blogs/Opinion: Page 10

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Education and Automation

Having completed 22 Future of Work MeetUps in cities of all types across California – urban, rural, suburban and affluent to struggling – I can attest to a common angst as communities anticipate how artificial intelligence and increased automation will impact the workplace. Employers and workers both want a playbook to future-proof and increase economic resiliency. Last […]

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Dear Governor

As the rising costs of tuition and fees outpace increases in financial aid and student debt skyrockets, there has never been a more critical time to bring innovation to our higher education system. We are here to share the one thing student loan lenders don’t want you to know: There is an entire year’s worth […]

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Lesson in Disruption

From Google Street View, my old community college looks much as it did when I was there 40 years ago. But all 114 community colleges are undergoing long overdue, desperately needed, and unavoidable changes. Two significant changes — disruptions even — are coming to a head this month in the capitol. All of these “disruptions” […]

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STEM or Arts?

The pedantic hand-wringing that brought us the hard-sciences curricula known as STEM seems to be one area where those on both sides of the political aisle are in general, philosophical agreement. In the early 1990s, then-Rep. Roscoe Bartlett became concerned that not enough kids with “normal names” were placing in local science fairs, a rather […]

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Doing ‘Free’ Right

In the years that followed the most recent recession, an astonishing 95 percent of net new jobs created went to workers with at least some college learning. That’s an economist’s take on what far too many high school graduates already know — that, without education beyond a high school diploma, the job landscape is bleak. That concern […]

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Tennessee’s Goal

Graduation season is in full swing — and we get to celebrate the hard work and perseverance of so many who have achieved their dreams of earning a college degree. Their college success is not only important to their future lives — but also to the future of Tennessee. Like many places across the country, […]

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Free N.J.

When they were growing up and entering the job market, many people throughout New Jersey got a pretty good deal. With family support, some work, and perhaps some financial aid, college was affordable for them. This was especially true if they went to community college. But times have changed. Young people from all families and […]

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Fix Pell

According to the College Board, in 2016-17, more than 7 million American college students received the Pell Grant, the most common and largest form of higher education grant for those with financial need. And although it is awarded to students, Pell Grants have long been an indirect subsidy for colleges and universities. Pell Grant awards put billions […]

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California Funding Formula

With the release of Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget proposal, faculty in the California Community Colleges system are concerned. The broadest goals of Gov. Brown’s proposed changes to the funding formula are noble and supported by the faculty who work every day with students and witness firsthand their challenges. Faculty applaud thoughtful and effective efforts […]

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Rethinking Transfers

Every year, students have to fight to prove their way into universities that get more and more competitive. California is filled with a plethora of amazing, accredited colleges to fit everyone’s interests and personalities. There are many routes a student may take to getting into college: some may leave straight from high school to their […]

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Who Is An Effective Community College Leader?

There are few books that I looked forward to reading as much as Cheryl L. Hyman’s Reinvention: The Promise and Challenge of Transforming a Community College System. I’m not only a tenured faculty member at a community college, my journey from knucklehead high-schooler to the professoriate began at one in 1999. From both sides of […]

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Taxing Opportunity

Decades of regressive tax cuts and subsequent budget cuts have undermined the rosy reality of higher education in California. Resulting tuition increases have shifted the cost of college on to students and their parents. Restoring Opportunity: Taxing Wealth to Fund College for All in California found that $18 billion in revenue has been lost to […]

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