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June 26, 2024

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Engineers and Technicians Needed as Chip Manufacturing Is Poised to Surge

Ramona Schindelheim, Work in Progress

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Semiconductors are the backbone of the digital economy, with nearly everything we touch needing a chip.

 

In this interview, John Mitchell of IPC International discusses the increased demand for workers in the semiconductor manufacturing industry and how his group is developing the workforce of the present and the future.

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Federal Judges Block Biden’s Latest Attempt to Reduce Student Debt

William Brangham, Rethinking College

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A pair of decisions by two federal judges has put key parts of President Joe Biden's flagship plan for easing student loan payments on hold—and its future in doubt.


Reporter Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of The Washington Post weighs in on the impact of those decisions for some eight million borrowers who were poised to benefit from the Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, plan beginning next month.

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Toward Comprehensive Higher Education in Texas Prisons

Alexa Garza, The Education Trust

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Sentenced at 19, Alexa Garza faced an uncertain future. Education became a beacon of hope, she says, a lifeline through which to navigate the challenges of confinement.


In this perspective piece, Garza discusses the imperative to expand access to educational opportunities for those in prison, as well as for educators, policymakers, and others to embrace a paradigm shift that prioritizes the potential of incarcerated individuals over their past actions.

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FAFSA Fiasco Pushes States to Mandate Universal Completion

Jessica Blake, Inside Higher Ed

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This year’s rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid was, by almost all accounts, a fiasco. The new form was riddled with technical glitches and calculation errors, and delays left students and colleges in limbo.

 

But out of the overall mess has come an unexpected victory for college access advocates: increased momentum for state legislation on FAFSA completion.

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At One Kansas Medical School, a Club Aims to Support Woman Surgeons

Rose Conlon, WBUR

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More than half of medical school graduates are women, and yet they remain underrepresented among surgeons.

 

The University of Kansas School of Medicine is trying to change that trajectory with the Blackwell Club—named after Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree in America—that offers female surgical residents and attending physicians peer support and mentorship.

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California’s Undocumented Undergrads Want On-Campus Jobs

Megan Jamerson, KCRW

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California's community colleges, the University of California, and Cal State University enroll about 60,000 undocumented undergraduate students. But until now, they had little hope of finding on-campus jobs.

 

The Opportunity for All Act could change that outlook, giving students a way to legally earn an income on campus. For students like Fatima Zeferino, who has faced housing and food insecurity throughout her education journey, the outcome of the groundbreaking bill is personal. 

HUMAN WORK AND LEARNING

America's New Generation Gap: Young Voters Say They'll Inherit a More Challenging World. But Will They Vote in It?

Anthony Salvanto, Fred Backus, and Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News

Change Comes to Higher Education—and to UD, Too

Eric F. Spina, Dayton Daily News (Ohio)

MGCCC Partners With MAIN for Workforce AI Courses

Miya Turner, WLOX (Mississippi)

Community College Bachelor’s Degrees Are on the Rise

Laura Ascione, eCampus News

10 Sectors Where AI Will Add—Not Eliminate—Jobs

Eli Amdur, Forbes

Opinion: A Democracy…Voting and Engagement

Keith Curry and George Boggs, Community College Daily

RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY

The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling: One Year Later

Dan Loney, Knowledge at Wharton

These Two Utah Universities Are Eliminating All Cultural Centers—Going Beyond the State’s Anti-DEI Requirements

Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune

Nevada Nonprofit Calls Biden's Student Debt Initiatives Economic Justice

Alex Gonzalez, Public News Service

Views: New York Is Poised to Phase Out Regents Exam Requirements. For English Learners, Especially, It’s Past Time.

Sunisa Nuonsy, Chalkbeat New York

Opinion: No Rest for the Resilient: Graduating From the Pandemic to Protest

Jerell Hill, Diverse Issues in Higher Education

COLLEGE ENROLLMENTS

Financial Aid Timelines Sway Student Enrollment

Liam Knox, Inside Higher Ed

Hampshire College Reduces Employee Benefits, But Says Enrollment Continues to Grow

Adam Frenier, New England Public Media

New Millsaps College President Frank Neville Addresses Future, Announces Projects

Ross Reily, Mississippi Clarion-Ledger

Austin Community College Sees Increase in Enrollment After Launch of Free Tuition Program

Michelle Tamayo, KUT News

Keystone College Cuts 29 Faculty/Staff Positions, Closes Three Low-Enrollment Programs

Jim Lockwood, The Times-Tribune

STATE POLICY

Creating Career Pathways by Connecting Colleges and Workforce Systems

Nyssa Galatas, National Conference of State Legislatures

Ohio Bill Would Require Colleges Adopt Racial, Religious, Ethnic Harassment and Intimidation Policy

Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal

Gov. Newsom’s Twists and Tricks to Spare Cuts to Schools and Community Colleges in State Budget

John Fensterwald, EdSource

Louisiana’s Two New Free-Expression Laws Target Colleges. They’re Raising Lots of Questions.

Amanda Friedman, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Opinion: State Accountability Systems Must Look Beyond College and Career Readiness

Ryan Reyna and Michael Deuser, The 74

NEW REPORTS AND EVENTS

A Law Degree Is No Sure Thing

Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce

Webinar: New Realities in Higher Education and How Leaders Are Facing Them

University Business and Ellucian

How Organizations Can Better Serve Young People in Apprenticeships

Urban Institute

Watch Them Grow: The Evolution of Community College Baccalaureate Degrees in the United States

Community College Baccalaureate Association

Student Voting and College Political Campaign-Related Activities in 2024

American Council on Education

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