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A degree of security: is the government recruiting community college students for the war on terror?(feature)
Young, poor people of color who signed up with the U.S. military to get college money ended up fighting in Iraq. Meanwhile, their peers back home who take the community college route to higher education may also end up fighting the "war on terror."
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Money problems for community colleges, as well as their students, are forcing both to buy into what can only be called "homeland security education." The federal government is offering colleges a way to survive and the students a way to get educated: money specifically earmarked for the war on terror.
This year's federal budget includes more than $4 billion for homeland security research and development. The Department of Homeland Security is offering $64 million directly to colleges and universities that will develop anti-terrorism programs.
In a Squeeze for Money
Community colleges depend primarily on states for their funding, but states get part of their funds from the federal government. At the end of April, the U.S. House and Senate voted to cut the total education budget by $5.5 billion, as recommended in President Bush's budget proposal for 2006. Only five percent of community colleges' financial support comes through federal grants. But now, even that is in jeopardy. For community colleges, the "Strengthening Institutions Program"--Title III-A of the Higher Education Act--provides funds to institutions that have few resources and serve high proportions of low-income students and "historically underrepresented" populations. Grants from this program help community colleges improve their educational programs and related services.
But institutions must compete for money from the program, which currently totals $81.3 million. Proposed legislation in Congress would allow for-profit schools to compete with nonprofit community colleges for these and other dollars, including those coming through the federal Pell Grant and student loan programs. As a result, community colleges are scrambling for a way to stay afloat.
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