2 peer response (WILL BE IN COMMENTS) & 2 discussion posts

Post ID: 3512192

HEA 560

10-1 Discussion: Higher Education Policy Takeaways

Starts Mar 28

Possible Points: 30

List five takeaways from this semester's focus on higher education policy—five things that stood out to you as the most important pieces of information you have learned that you can apply to your current and future professional career pathways. Discuss how you might utilize those five key pieces of information moving forward in your professional career. Identify areas of policy analysis that you feel will be most important for higher education institutions in the next decade. What trends do you envision will shape the ways that state and federal policies are developed to support college students' preparation, access, and success in higher education? Summarize the role that federal and state funding sources will play with individual higher education institutions' policies.

HEA 620 DISCUSSION

10-1 Discussion: The Impact

Contains unread posts Starts Mar 28

Possible Points: 20

This semester you have created your own budget, critiqued your classmates, and reflected on the budget challenges in the field of higher education. Read the article in the Reading and Resources section titled, "State Education Funding Cuts Have Pushed Costs to Students, Worsened Inequality," and reflect on the following:

Using the article, research the state that you wish to work in.
Discuss what has happened to funding in that state, based on the article.
Using the article, analyze the impact of decreased funding for Black and Hispanic/Latino students.
Describe the future impact of decreased access for Black and Hispanic/Latino students.
Propose a possible budgetary strategy to increase college affordability and access.