Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id gBC1K7X16123; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 20:20:07 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 20:20:07 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4520AD39.4654D466.0006CB3C@netscape.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: tjjhjr@netscape.net To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:991] re: community colleges X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: O Content-Length: 4385 Lines: 96 because it has always been in the Republicans best interest to have an uneducated populace.......works in PA...for them "mev@litwomen.org" <mev@litwomen.org> wrote: >(cross-posted) > >For those of you with students who may be planning on community >college, here's something else to worry about. Why is it that the Bush >administration seems so hell bent on taking away educational programs >for adult learners -- directly or indirectly??! >Mev >________________________ > >Tuesday, December 10, 2002 > >http://chronicle.com/daily/2002/12/2002121001n.htm > >Community Colleges Oppose Reported Plan to Eliminate $1.2-Billion >Vocational-Education Program >By JAMILAH EVELYN > >Washington > >Community-college officials are worried about reports that President >Bush may soon propose eliminating the entire budget -- $1.2-billion -- >for spending under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical >Education Act. The money would reportedly be used to deal with a >growing deficit in the Pell Grant Program. > >Officials in both the White House's Office of Management and Budget and >the U.S. Education Department's Office of Vocational and Adult >Education, which administers the Perkins funds, declined to comment on >whether the administration was considering any cuts to the program. >December is frequently a month in which administrations float ideas on >ways to deal with budget problems, and while some of those ideas find >their way into the president's budget plan the next year, many others >disappear. > >But many higher-education lobbyists cite "reliable sources" who say >that when President Bush makes his budget proposal to Congress early >next year, he may recommend entirely eliminating support for the >program, which doles out some $1.2-billion annually to community >colleges and secondary schools for skills-based training. > >In a speech last week at Borough of Manhattan Community College, Sen. >Hillary Rodham Clinton, a Democrat from New York, said she had written >to the president, urging him not to rob "Perkins to pay for Pell." > >"Any threat to Perkins, even if it's only being considered, is >extremely bothersome," said Ellynne Bannon, a legislative associate at >the American Association of Community Colleges, which is urging its >members to write to members of Congress, particularly Republicans. "At >a time when most states are in a tough financial situation, the idea of >cutting this critical funding source for community colleges is >unimaginable." > >Officials at the community-college association note that the Bush >administration has put in place new accountability measures that rate >federal programs according to their effectiveness. Because Perkins >money is spent by states in a variety of ways, the program generally >does not fare well under performance indicators. > >Still, when word of the possible cut first spread, it caught officials >at many higher-education associations by surprise because they say the >Bush administration has been aggressive in planning for reauthorization >of the Perkins Act, which Congress is scheduled to take up sometime >next year. > >Christopher Simmons, assistant director of government relations at the >American Council on Education, said that he was shocked. "I find it >really surprising that the administration that claims to be so >dedicated to education would consider cutting one of the most important >programs for community colleges," he said. > >It was not immediately clear how an elimination of funds would affect >reauthorization of the act, but one higher-education lobbyist, who >asked not to be named, said that it would make things "awkward at best." > >Higher-education institutions receive roughly 40 percent of Perkins >funds, with the majority going to two-year colleges to help pay for >equipment, staff development, remedial classes, and curriculum >development, among other things. The remaining 60 percent goes to high >schools that focus on career education. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Copyright © 2002 by The Chronicle of Higher Education > > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. 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