Community Colleges: President's Budget Protects Pell Grants, but Trims Career and Technical Education

Community Colleges Tuesday February 22, 2011 Subscribe to the Chronicle! Subscribe to this newsletter | Stop receiving this newsletter Community College News President's Budget Protects Pell Grants but Trims Career and Technical Education By Kelly Field Mr. Obama would use other cost savings to keep the maximum Pell award at $5,550, and would add $13-billion to the Education Department's discretionary budget. Budget Footnote: Government Doesn't Profit From Student-Loan Defaults Obama's Budget, Though Generous, Still Signals Austerity for Colleges By Paul Basken Facing Republican demands to reduce spending, the president cut summer Pell Grant use, support for career education, and the in-school subsidy on graduate students' loans. Academics and Students Look to Influence Egypt's Transition By Ursula Lindsey Their priorities include improving the quality of higher education, ending government control of student unions, and protecting free speech. Fight Over Union Rights in Wisconsin Signals a National Trend By Jack Stripling Madison has emerged as a key battleground in a movement to dismantle faculty and other public unions. Other News The Ticker: Veterans Sue Over Tuition Benefit at 4 Missouri Colleges The Ticker: Kansas Lawmaker Apologizes for Comment About Student's 'Olive Complexion' Starting Out in Student Affairs By George S. McClellan How will the size and setting of an institution, among other factors, affect your career in the student-services profession? Today's Most-Viewed Chronicle Articles The Case for Play A Perfect Storm in Undergraduate Education, Part I Being Bilingual: Beneficial Workout for the Brain Median Salaries of Senior College Administrators by Job Category and Type of Institution, 2010-11 Let's Radically Improve Teacher Training (and Stop Fighting About It) Announcements The Chronicle's New and Improved Comments The next time you comment on a Chronicle article or blog post, you'll notice a number of new features. That's because we've switched to Disqus, a commenting system that lets you engage in threaded discussions, log in with your Facebook or Twitter account, and do much more. We take your comments seriously, so we've made sure that all your past contributions have stayed on chronicle.com. To make the switch, though, we've had to close commenting on old articles. Questions? Thoughts? Please check out our FAQ, or drop us a line at commenting@chronicle.com. Did a friend send you this? Go here for your own copy. In addition to this report, The Chronicle publishes free e-mail newsletters on technology, community colleges, hiring, and the world of ideas. You can also create an unlimited number of search agents so that you receive e-mail notification of available jobs in academe that meet your criteria. The Chronicle of Higher Education website contains a mix of free and premium content. For full access to the premium content, please purchase a subscription to our weekly newspaper. Manage your account: Retrieve user name | Reset your password | (c) 2011 The Chronicle of Higher Education 1255 23rd Street NW Washington, DC 20037