Project 2025 Would End Head Start and Hurt Children with …
Jul 17, 2024 · The 2024 Republican National Convention has highlighted the party’s platform this week, drawing heavily from Project 2025.The conservative policy plan calls for the elimination of Head Start, alarming education advocates who note that doing so would remove access to early learning for over 787,000 children from families with low-incomes across the U.S.
Americans Have Not Actually Turned Against Higher Education …
Americans are losing faith in the value of college. Or so we are told. As many colleges grapple with declining enrollment and intense political criticism, sagging public support for higher learning has become a journalistic given, the kind of as-we-all-know fact that can be simply asserted as context before advancing an argument or presenting the news of the day.
Americans' Perspectives on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) In ...
Oct 1, 2024 · What do Americans think about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education? New America’s annual Varying Degrees survey seeks to better understand how Americans nationwide perceive higher education, and the data just released in summer 2024 show that, while partisan divides exist on some key questions, a majority of Amercians express support for actions that would improve ...
Unpacking Dual Enrollment: Benefits, Barriers, and Opportunities …
Research shows that dual enrollment yields positive outcomes for students. It is associated with higher rates of college enrollment, persistence, and completion and with earning higher wages after high school. Evidence suggests that the more dual credits a student takes, the better their chances of reaping these rewards.. Importantly, dual …
Latino Voices: Beyond the Numbers of America’s Fastest-Growing …
Oct 22, 2024 · The Latino population in the United States is undergoing rapid growth and diversification. Census projections show that it is one of the fastest-growing demographics, expected to increase from 19 percent to around 26 percent by 2060. Projected growth is fueled in part by the high number of young Latinos, with one in four children under 18 in the United States now of Latino origin.
Election 2024: Signals, Shifts, and What’s at Stake for American …
Oct 31, 2024 · An emergent theme from this election is growing alarm about the stark gender divide in the electorate. Men—of all races and ages—are breaking for Trump and women are solidly with Harris. Racist and misogynist backlash to the first woman of color to headline a major party ticket is certainly a factor among some Trump voters.
Infrastructure for the Digital Age: Building a Safer, More Resilient ...
Nov 21, 2024 · As the United States transitions to the next four years under a second Trump administration, it is critical that upgrading our traditional infrastructure—our nation’s roads, transit systems, utility grids, and broadband networks—remains an area of bipartisan agreement.
Call for Applications: 2025 #ShareTheMicInCyber Fellows Cohort
The #ShareTheMicInCyber Fellowship provides mid-career cybersecurity professionals from diverse backgrounds with an opportunity to conduct independent policy research and analysis, find solutions for critical cybersecurity issues, and explore questions of diversity and the human side of cybersecurity.
States Take Steps to Expand & Improve Apprenticeship
Nov 19, 2024 · States play a significant role in supporting the expansion of Registered Apprenticeship. Often, states’ role is overshadowed by the significant role the U.S. Department of Labor plays in overseeing the nation’s apprenticeship system and funding its growth.
State of Language Rights and Bilingual Education 50 years After …
January 21, 2024 marked the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court case of 1974 which enshrined in law that students identified as English learners (ELs) must be provided with the necessary services to “fully participate” in their education, regardless of their home language. The class action case was brought forth on behalf of 1,800 Cantonese-speaking students from Chinese backgrounds ...