Meet NEW U.S. Secretary of Education, Dr. Miguel Cardona

Dr. Miguel Cardona was installed as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Education on March 2, 2021 replacing Betsy DeVos who served in the same role for four years prior. Nominated to serve by Joseph R. Biden (the newly elected 46th President of the United States), Dr. Cardona has extensive experience in all facets of public education in the United States.

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KCTCS Faculty Salaries Fall Further Behind National Average

The average faculty salary for US public 2-year colleges continues to appear more bleak throughout the nation. More specifically, faculty salaries for US public 2-year colleges increased by 1%, but adjusting for inflation faculty salaries have decreased 1.3%.

Conversely, the presidential salaries for US public 2-year colleges have risen 9%.

Read More Details Here: 2019-2020 Faculty Compensation Results

Finally—it’s President-elect Biden

Patience—counseled by former Vice President Joe Biden all election week as Americans waited for votes to be counted—finally paid off Nov. 7, four days after Election Day, when Biden won in Pennsylvania and gained enough Electoral College votes to acquire a new title: president-elect. AFT President Randi Weingarten says the union’s leaders and members “can’t wait to get started” on the work ahead “with an administration that will embrace and fight for the values we hold dear.”

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Your vote is your voice

AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest column outlines the urgency of using our voices—our votes—in this life-changing election, when we will make a choice “between President Donald Trump, who has trafficked in chaos, fear, lies and division, and former Vice President Joe Biden, who seeks to reverse Trump’s failures on COVID-19 and the economy, and to unite and uplift the American people.” Besides the four crises we face—a pandemic, an economic crisis, racism and a climate emergency—democracy itself is on the ballot, as Trump continues to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the election.

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