U.S. 副国务卿 Of Education James Kvaal Speaks At Community 大学 Futures Assembly Co-Hosted by ACD

U.S. 副教育部长James Kvaal说 spoke to a national gathering of community college leaders on Tuesday, February 28 at the 29th Annual Community 大学 Futures Assembly co-hosted by the Bellwether 大学 Consortium and the 澳门新葡京博彩区. 

副国务卿 Kvaal’s keynote address focused on Equity and Opportunity: Community 大学 Across America. 

在他的演讲中, 副国务卿 Kvaal spoke about how community colleges are critical to the education of our country and congratulated the 澳门新葡京博彩区 for recently being recognized again as a Leader 大学 of Distinction by Achieving the Dream. 

“They [Community 大学] are the backbone of our education system that provides millions of students the education and skills they need to succeed and they are quintessentially American institutions,克瓦尔说. “他们实际, 他们是勤劳的, they’re open to everyone and they are committed to upward mobility.”

副国务卿 Kvaal also spoke about the importance of Promise programs across the country and laid out plans that the Biden Administration are taking to move the line of student success forward, including the award of American Rescue Plan higher education funds that has already supported six million students across community colleges, rural and minority-serving institutions and increasing the maximum Pell grant award. 

演讲的结尾是 副国务卿 Kvaal speaking to the audience about the progress colleges have made in helping students succeed at higher rates. 

“Nationally our graduation rate is at 62%, an increase of eight percentage points in a decade. That’s not high enough, but that’s tremendous progress. … We want to be a wind to the back of colleges such as yours.” 

成立于1995年, the Bellwether Awards are a long-standing, respected award solely awarded to innovative community colleges. The rigorous award competition is an integral part of the Community 大学 Futures Assembly where the 30 Bellwether Finalists are invited to present their program in a final round of competition among selected peer institutions. 

大会的重点是前沿, trendsetting programs that are worthy of scaling and replication given their evidence-based outcomes and indicators. 

To learn more about the  Community 大学 Futures Assembly, visit http://bellwethercollegeconsortium.com/community-college-futures-assembly/