Historic Opportunity for Action

Autor/in	Duncan, Arne
Titel	Historic Opportunity for Action
Quelle	In: New England Journal of Higher Education, 24 (2009) 1, S.27 (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-5978
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Economic Progress; Higher Education; Early Childhood Education; Presidents; Educational Finance; Elementary Secondary Education; Financial Problems; Economic Factors; Educational Attainment; Academic Persistence; Student Loan Programs; Educational Change; Academic Achievement; College Admission; College Attendance; Low Income Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; President; Präsident; Bildungsfonds; Ökonomischer Faktor; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Bildungsreform; Schulleistung; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit
Abstract	When President Barack Obama took office, he pledged to revitalize an economy in the midst of the deepest recession in a generation. Working with Congress, he acted quickly to enact an $878 billion package to stimulate the economy in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). More than $100 billion of that will be for education, spanning from early childhood programs to college aid. The ARRA's primary goal is to help the economy emerge from the current recession. But the president is pursuing other policies, both in the short and long term, to ensure economic growth. At the heart of these policies is the goal of making college affordable and accessible to millions of students who otherwise might not be able to go. In this article, the author outlines President Obama's goal to make the America No. 1 in the world in the percentage of adults with college degrees. Increased demand, unprecedented funding and heightened expectations have placed the nation's system of higher education at the forefront of change for a better America. This is a historic opportunity to answer the president's call to action. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10