Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Chapter 2 Environmental Scan 2-34 May, 2023 Educational Reform.96 The Commission had six specific charges as follows: • Assessing the quality of teaching and learning in our Nation’s public and private schools, colleges, and universities; • Comparing American schools and colleges with those of other advanced nations; • Studying the relationship between college admissions requirements and student achievement in high school; • Identifying educational programs which result in notable student success in college; • Assessing the degree to which major social and educational changes in the last quarter century have affected student achievement; and • Defining problems which must be faced and overcome if we are successfully to pursue the course of excellence in education. The Commission’s methodology relied on five sources of information: • papers commissioned from experts on a variety of educational issues; • administrators, teachers, students, representatives of professional and public groups, parents, business leaders, public officials, and scholars who testified at eight meetings of the full Commission, six public hearings, two panel discussions, a symposium, and a series of meetings organized by the Department of Education's Regional Offices; • existing analyses of problems in education; 96 The National Commission on Excellence in Education; A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform; A Report to the Nation and the Secretary of • letters from concerned citizens, teachers, and administrators who volunteered extensive comments on problems and possibilities in American education; and • descriptions of notable programs and promising approaches in education. In 2015, President Barack H. Obama’s American College Promise Proposal for tuition-Free Community College for Responsible Students was an effort to build American skills by strengthening community colleges: “Now is the time to build a firmer, stronger foundation for growth that will not only withstand future economic storms, but one that helps us thrive and compete in a global economy. It’s time to reform our community colleges so that they provide Americans of all ages a chance to learn the skills and knowledge necessary to compete for the jobs of the future.” - President Barack Obama97 President Obama’s “The American Graduation Initiative” proposed the following: “THE AMERICAN GRADUATION INITIATIVE” Fifty years ago, President Harry Truman called for a national network of community colleges to dramatically expand opportunities for veterans returning from World War II. Today, faced with rapid technological change and global competition, community colleges are needed more than ever to raise American skills and education levels and keep American businesses competitive. President Barack Obama called for an additional 5 million community college degrees and certificates by 2020 and new steps to ensure that those credentials will help Education of the United States Department of Education; April 1983; Introduction 97https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/file s/100326-community-college-fact-sheet.pdf
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