Sentences with phrase «around free community college»
The high number of undocumented students may change the national conversation around free community college programs, said Sara Goldrick - Rab, a professor of higher education policy and sociology at Temple University in Philadelphia.
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Third, proponents recognize that the poor performance of community colleges is a significant weakness in free college plans, but they have outsize expectations about the ability of federal rules to turn these troubled institutions around.
Responding in part to the needs of employers, communities around the country are calling for plans to make at least the first few years of college very inexpensive or even free.
The administration promised $ 1 billion in new spending on preschool; spurred states to adopt controversial K - 12 reforms such as performance - based teacher evaluations and the adoption of the Common Core State Standards through its Race to the Top grant program and waivers to the No Child Left Behind law; significantly expanded the federal School Improvement Grant program to turn around low - performing schools; targeted for - profit colleges and attempted to increase accountability in the higher education sector; and pushed a proposal by the president to make community college free.