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End Brainwashing

I had no inkling there was a problem. The students in my college English class were working in the computer lab, where each station has a wraparound console which affords pupils the privacy they need to concentrate on their writing. But this also means I can’t see everyone at a glance, the way I do […]

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Food Banks — A Must Have

When students are hungry, it’s hard to concentrate. Twenty-two percent of college students experienced “very low levels of food security that qualify them as hungry,” according to an October 2016 report from the National Student Campaign against Hunger and Homelessness. That’s why I want North Texas companies to sponsor food pantries on all local community […]

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Choosing Jobs

The economy is undoubtedly growing since Donald Trump’s presidency. His bare-knuckle deregulation on coal, oil and business combined with his tax-cut legislation has put the American people back to work. Every color, race, and creed, representing all peoples of socio-economic background, are enjoying the economic benefits. Trump said it best when he said “Making America […]

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The System Works

When community colleges in Florida — including the former Manatee Community College — began offering four-year degrees in a relatively small number of fields, the Herald-Tribune Editorial Board was among those who had questions. Would offering baccalaureate degrees divert the colleges’ attention from their core missions, providing two-year associates degrees and delivering education directly linked […]

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Helping Students Prosper

America’s rise as a world power occurred after World War II for several reasons: a strong military, a booming economy and a country that thrived on innovation and cutting-edge technology. Much of that came from a smart plan to combine all three, a GI-bill that would enable soldiers to go to college after World War […]

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Millennials, Do These 5 Things

The last batch of bonafide Millennials will graduate from college this year, and they’re emerging into a world and job market wholly different than that of their parents, professors, and even older members of their generation. In 2015, Millennials became the largest generational group represented in the workforce and those numbers will continue to rise. […]

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“Free” Is Good

For many high school students or adults looking for a post-secondary degree, college is out of reach. In West Virginia, where only 33 percent of adults aged 25 to 64 have a post-secondary degree or certificate, many students don’t even consider attending one of the state’s community and technical colleges due in part to the […]

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Stop Subsidizing?

Conventional political wisdom holds that Democrats try to give a hand up to the poor and Republicans try to give a hand out to the well off. Whatever the merits of these stereotypes on issues like taxes and entitlements, the House Republicans PROSPER Act shows that at least on higher education, the exact opposite is […]

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Invest in Institutions

Late last week, Congress agreed to spend an additional $4 billion over the next two years on programs to improve college completion rates. How should these resources be used? In a recent Hamilton Project paper, I propose a program that would increase per-pupil spending at public postsecondary universities through a federal matching grant. Providing federal […]

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Stun Guns on Campus

With great regret America witnessed another senseless act of killing this past week. A high school in Parkland, Florida, was the site of the worst school shooting — with 17 dead — since the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, which claimed 26 lives. It joins too many similar incidents in recent years (the exact […]

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Narrowing Education?

When California home health aide Maya Luna signed up for community college several years ago, she was after one thing: a better paying job. But taking classes in subjects like history, anthropology and art ignited a love of learning she didn’t know she had, and transformed her into a community activist. A clear success, right? […]

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It’s a Start

I’m teaching a journalism class this spring semester at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, where much has changed since I attended 20 years ago as a film major. There’s a new library, for one, and a snazzy baseball field. The gigantic parking lot where I’d sleep in my ’83 Corvette between lectures now has […]

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