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A new report from the State of Tennessee reviews their free community college program, launched 10 years ago. In 2011, only 16% of Tennessee students who started community college earned an associate degree within three years. By 2024, that number had risen to over 27%, a 68% increase. While it's unclear if the free college program is the direct cause of this improvement, over 90% of high school graduates apply for the program each year. Currently, 36 states offer some form of free or reduced community college. In a time where the value of higher education is being questioned, could widespread access to free college reshape how students view higher education' value? How so? To read the full report from TNAchieves: https://lnkd.in/ehfBqfsq

A new report from the State of Tennessee reviews their free community college program, launched 10 years ago. In 2011, only 16% of Tennessee students who started community college earned an associate degree within three years. By 2024, that number had risen to over 27%, a 68% increase. While it's unclear if the free college program is the direct cause of this improvement, over 90% of high school graduates apply for the program each year. Currently, 36 states offer some form of free or reduced community college. In a time where the value of higher education is being questioned, could widespread access to free college reshape how students view higher education' value? How so? To read the full report from TNAchieves: https://lnkd.in/eF9Q--DP

In his thoughtful post on our blog this past weekend, our chairman, David Pickler, outlined some limitations in how this week's proposed Education Freedom Act supports K-12 school choice, and offered some thoughts about how the accountability and fairness of its proposed scholarship program could have been enhanced. https://lnkd.in/eAfdN7_t

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Liam Knox sat down with Virginia Foxx in her final days as chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee.?Arguably, Foxx has had a more prominent hand in shaping the committee, and her party’s higher education agenda, than any House member this century. Here's one snippet of a very good Q&A that you should read in full https://lnkd.in/eK8JveAf Q: Do you think that’s a bad thing, that fewer Americans believe in a college education? A:?I absolutely do think that’s a terrible thing. Part of what has made this country great has been excellent education in the past, but we’ve fallen down a rabbit hole. Our K-12 education is in the pits; our higher education is in the pits. What we’ve seen on the campuses in terms of antisemitism, with 40?percent of students graduating from college making no more money than they would have had they not gone to college, something’s wrong with this picture. And so the esteem with which colleges have been held in the past is gone. But colleges earned that result themselves. They’ve been very complacent, even the so-called elite ones.

Beginning in the fall 2025 semester, the University of Michigan is expanding its Go Blue Guarantee with eligible incoming and returning full-time, in-state students whose families have annual incomes up to $125,000 and assets up to $125,000 will qualify for tuition-free education at the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses. myumi.ch/1b8Ep

Savannah Technical College has recently selected Heather Hartley-Cowden, Ph.D. as Dean of Adult Education. Dr. Hartley-Cowden will manage adult education programs for individuals and employers throughout the College’s four-county service area (Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty counties). https://lnkd.in/eEzKswbG

Here's why I support America's public schools: In the 2023-2024 school year, 35.6% of high school students in the Plano (Texas) Independent School District were enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Let's celebrate and strengthen America's public schools. https://lnkd.in/gyq4uHsE

Texas lawmakers are paving the way for high school success by expanding access to industry-recognized credentials and dual-credit programs, ensuring that every student—regardless of location—graduates with meaningful skills for their future. Learn more in this Texas 2036 article: https://ow.ly/lmrN50TWyIK

For the wonderful education organization All4Ed, I recently completed a summary of what Virginia's General Assembly did to address key educational issues. You can read it here: https://lnkd.in/e_Ra4umH