Alabama two-year colleges Chancellor Bradley Byrne, a former state legislator who took over the system at the height of a corruption scandal, has resigned and is expected to soon announce that he’s running for governor in 2010.
Advocates of increasing access of higher education, such as incoming Undersecretary of Education Martha J. Kanter, believe one of the keys to achieving their goal is to reform the college financial aid system.
It was an unmistakable twist of irony that the 89th annual convention of the American Association of Community Colleges shared the Phoenix Convention Center with an auction of hundreds foreclosed homes across Arizona.
New U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan signaled that the Obama administration intended to fight for money to modernize and renovate college buildings — money that was included in the economic stimulus bill approved by the House but eliminated by the Senate.
New U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has signaled that the Obama administration intends to fight for money to modernize and renovate college buildings — money that was included in the economic stimulus bill approved by the House but eliminated by the Senate.
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