• About Us
    • Join CAPPS Email List
    • What is Private Postsecondary Education
    • About ICEPAC
  • News
    • Legislation / Advocacy
  • Events
    • CAPPS Legislative Policy Conference 2021
    • 37th Annual Conference
    • Educational Advisors ~ Event Calendar
  • Resources
    • Classifieds
    • Professional Online Training Center
    • State and Federal Resources
    • Accreditors
    • Boards
    • Associations
  • CAPPS Member Portal & Archives
    • CAPPS Membership Directory
    • Conference Archives
    • Webinar Archives
    • Workshop Archives
    • CAPPS Member Portal
      • CAPPS Legislative Watch
    • Featured Members
    • Select Allied or School Benefits – Why be a CAPPS Member?
      • School Membership Application & Renewal Form
      • Allied Membership Application & Renewal Form
  • Awards
    • CAPPS Memorial Scholarships
    • Excellence in Community Service Awards
    • CAPPS Hall of Fame STAR Awards
    • Norma Ford Financial Aid Professional of the Year
    • School of the Year
    • Allied Member of the Year
California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools                        
916-447-5500
Email
        Login
CAPPSCAPPS
  • About Us
    • Join CAPPS Email List
    • What is Private Postsecondary Education
    • About ICEPAC
  • News
    • Legislation / Advocacy
  • Events
    • CAPPS Legislative Policy Conference 2021
    • 37th Annual Conference
    • Educational Advisors ~ Event Calendar
  • Resources
    • Classifieds
    • Professional Online Training Center
    • State and Federal Resources
    • Accreditors
    • Boards
    • Associations
  • CAPPS Member Portal & Archives
    • CAPPS Membership Directory
    • Conference Archives
    • Webinar Archives
    • Workshop Archives
    • CAPPS Member Portal
      • CAPPS Legislative Watch
    • Featured Members
    • Select Allied or School Benefits – Why be a CAPPS Member?
      • School Membership Application & Renewal Form
      • Allied Membership Application & Renewal Form
  • Awards
    • CAPPS Memorial Scholarships
    • Excellence in Community Service Awards
    • CAPPS Hall of Fame STAR Awards
    • Norma Ford Financial Aid Professional of the Year
    • School of the Year
    • Allied Member of the Year

News

  • Home
  • News
  • Biden picks Connecticut schools chief Miguel Cardona as Ed Secretary

Biden picks Connecticut schools chief Miguel Cardona as Ed Secretary

  • Posted by CAPPS
  • Date

HIGHER ED DIVE 

Jeremy Bauer-Wolf
December 22, 2020

Dive Brief:

  • President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday tapped Miguel Cardona, the chief of Connecticut’s public schools, to lead the U.S. Department of Education.
  • Cardona, a Latino man with two decades of experience in K-12 schools, fulfills Biden’s pledge to pick an Education Secretary with deep roots in public education.
  • But Cardona, who does not have a deep higher education leadership background, will also be tasked with guiding colleges through the public health crisis.

Dive Insight:

Cardona stands in contrast to current Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, a billionaire who emphasized school choice and promoted programs that would divert tax dollars to vouchers for students to attend private schools.
But Cardona grew up in public housing, the Hartford Courant reported. He started out as an elementary school teacher in Meriden, Conn., before serving as a principal for a decade, according to his biography. He was Connecticut’s youngest principal at age 28, the Courant reported. He was picked as the state’s Education Commissioner in 2019.
DeVos was an unpopular choice among education groups. And many of her postsecondary policies have been widely panned, including new regulations for how colleges should address campus sexual assault, rules that roll back an Obama-era crackdown on for-profit colleges, and stringent foreign gifts reporting requirements.

CONTINUE READING

  • Share:
author avatar
CAPPS

Previous post

Employers can require proof of COVID-19 vaccination — with some exceptions, EEOC says

Next post

CECU Statement on Nomination of Miguel Cardona as U.S. Education Secretary

You may also like

Inside Higher Ed
Grand Canyon Sues U.S. Over Nonprofit Status Ruling
16 January, 2021
Screenshot 2021-01-16 091656
Biden to seek $15 minimum wage in COVID-19 proposal
16 January, 2021
FEDERAL
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Improper Payments Information Form
15 January, 2021

Search

Memorial Scholarship Information
Donate to ICEPAC
Become an Allied Member
Become a School Member
CAPPS Events

ABOUT US

  • What is Private Postsecondary Education
  • CAPPS Memorial Scholarships
  • Upcoming Conferences

MAILING ADDRESS:
California Association of
Private Postsecondary Schools
2520 Venture Oaks, Suite 170
Sacramento, CA  95833
info@cappsonline.org
www.cappsonline.org    

CappsOnlineMorpho Web Design.

2020 All Rights Reserved CappsOnline.org