HOUSTON (Aug. 10, 2016) – ExxonMobil employees recently donated $45,100 to the Lone Star College Foundation to support the mission of providing student scholarships, funding college programs and building communities. The gift was part of the Education Match program an employee giving campaign in which ExxonMobil matched donations 3-to-1. “We are very grateful to the […]
In May, our colleagues at Madison College announced the Scholars of Promise program. This program will benefit low-income students who want to attend college, but lack financial resources. High school students who qualify will receive help paying for college. Eligible students must live in the 12-county MATC district, achieve a 2.23 grade point average and […]
The Virginia Community College System announced this week details for a new grant program focused on training for middle-skill jobs. The grants will support 124 training programs across all 23 colleges in the state in fields including healthcare, customer service, manufacturing, and transportation. Funding will be distributed under a “pay for performance” system that requires […]
Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC) strongly supports the bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to strengthen career and technical education. Introduced by Representatives Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) and Katherine Clark (D-MA), the bill reauthorizes and reforms the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act and is designed to prepare more […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. HOUSE The House is in recess and will return on Tuesday, July 5. The House Education and Workforce Committee passed the following bills by voice vote: H.R. 5529, Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act; […]
When The White House announced last week its “Fair Chance” higher education pledge, it caught the eye of RAMC, in particular our board member Rob Denson, president of Des Moines Community College in Iowa. The notion of “Fair Chance” is that colleges will make pledges to help those who have been accused or convicted of […]
Washington, DC, June 21, 2016 – Dr. Joe May, board president, Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC), and chancellor, Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD), issued the following statement in advance of the House Education & Workforce Committee’s mark-up of pending legislation, scheduled to take place tomorrow morning: “Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC), a coalition of […]
Our coalition of community colleges, called Rebuilding America’s Middle Class, is made up of leading community college practitioners who have an acute understanding that policies set in Washington, DC can have a profound impact on our ability to serve students. We’re very pleased that one of our priorities – a resumption and expansion of summer […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. ADMINISTRATION ED released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on borrower defense and related matters. Related to borrower defense, the NPRM would establish a new process for borrowers to assert a defense to […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. HOUSE House Republicans released a new set of proposals focused on poverty, opportunity and upward mobility, the first piece of their policy agenda, A Better Way. This included recommendations for strengthening early childhood […]
