Maria Heidkamp

Rethinking workforce, education, and labor policies to improve economic mobility. @NJCommColleges
Encore Public Voices Fellow @OpEdProject
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[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

@NJCommColleges @NJBIZ Congratulations to @DrMcM of @ucnj_owls , @DrCReber of @HudsonCCC and @MiddlesexCollNJ President Mark McCormack for all of their amazing work on behalf of @NJCommColleges students, employers, communities, and our state!

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

This is exciting news! And @NJCommColleges look forward to learning more!

[Shalin Jyotishi @ShalinJyotishi]

🆕Exclusive for @NewAmerica: A new @NSF investment launches a community college AI education consortium founded by @MDCollege, @WeAreHCCS, and @mcccd

Led by @NewAmericaEd FOWIE Fellow @AntonioDelgad9

https://t.co/V1sTaEXMog

@MCCCDChancellor @mdcpresident @paulfain @SeedAIOrg

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

@jfftweets @ezraklein @bluemeridianp Great to be with so many @ezraklein fans today!

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

Happy 56th birthday to New Jersey's Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) program, which helps some 4,000 students @NJCommColleges every year with critical supports to help them succeed!

[NJ Office of the Secretary of Higher Education @NJHigherEd]

56 years ago on July 12, the bill creating the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) was signed into law.

Since then, New Jersey's legacy wraparound program has grown to help generations of students realize opportunity through higher education.

https://t.co/XrieMoMDIl

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

@DrCReber Congrats to you and your daughter!

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

Thank you, @AswAndreaKatz for your support of @NJCommColleges in the FY 2025 state budget! We know you understand the essential role community colleges play in New Jersey higher education!

[Assemblywoman Andrea Katz @AswAndreaKatz]

Funding our community colleges is essential for supporting our students and their futures. Making education affordable and accessible should be a priority, as it is historically the greatest vehicle for social mobility and opens so many doors for New Jersey students.

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

Thanks @SaraWeissman and @insidehighered for this reporting on @NJCommColleges and other states' budgets.

@CCTrustees
@Comm_College
@CalCommColleges
@CUNY

https://t.co/3N0kWP6Vw6

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

@BergenCC Congrats, Helen! Great story!

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

@NewAmericaEd Looking forward to this discussion!

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

Thanks @grosshann @NJSpotlightNews for this terrific post-FY25 State Budget piece on @NJCommColleges, which have big plans! @CCMProud @DrMcM @BrookdaleCCNews @CCM_edu @ucnj_owls

NJ community colleges dodge $20 million budget cut https://t.co/5gBl21x9JY via @NJSpotlightNews

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

@NJCommColleges was thrilled to see Korey Hagamin of @camdencc among the interns! He provided eloquent testimony at the budget hearings back in March in support of all community college students. Congrats, Korey!

[Speaker Craig J. Coughlin @SpeakerCoughlin]

Great to join the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus today and meet their terrific class of interns. They’re going to learn a lot from these Assembly members and we’ll all benefit from their contributions.

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

Congratulations to @CCM_edu and President Iacono @CCMProud! Such a great achievement!

@NJCommColleges

[Shalin Jyotishi @ShalinJyotishi]

Perimeter College at Georgia State, Dallas College, and County College of Morris win @NSF and @Comm_College 's 2024 #CommunityCollege Innovation Challenge https://t.co/hwMqIjmfGe

Congratulations!

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

Why do federal workforce programs fail? A must-read
@TheAtlantic piece by @kevincarey1.

Programs are designed with employers not employees in mind. Local workforce boards dominated by business
decide which jobs are “in-demand."

In-demand jobs aren’t necessarily good jobs.

[Kevin Carey @kevincarey1]

1/ In @TheAtlantic I wrote about how Congress is poised to double down on one of the great policy failures of the last 30 years -- job training programs that don't work.

https://t.co/2Y9YmgsZPm

[Mary Alice McCarthy @McCarthyEdWork]

Our employer-led, federally-funded public workforce system fails to put people into good jobs. And that's by design. This piece by @kevincarey1 breaks down what's wrong w/ WIOA & what needs to change. @NewAmericaEd #wkdev @newamerica https://t.co/opgqJXf17k

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

Thank you, @AndrewZwicker, for your support of @NJCommColleges in the FY25 state budget and beyond!

[Senator Andrew Zwicker @AndrewZwicker]

“Even if the Legislature restores the proposed $20M cut in the Governor’s budget -- and we absolutely should – New Jersey has repeatedly underfunded our community colleges,” Zwicker said. “What makes no sense to me is that study after study has found that the money we invest 1/3

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

Thanks to Johnny Jackson @DiverseIssues for covering the proposed @NJCommColleges budget cuts that would have serious negative impacts for our 18 colleges and the incredibly diverse students they educate.

https://t.co/8Ch5MdfUUf

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

Thank you to @SaraWeissman @insidehighered for reporting on @NJCommColleges and the FY 2025 state budget. Keeping funding level with FY24 is essential to our 18 colleges, which educate 240,000+ students and serve countless employer and community partners.
https://t.co/E6Z2CssCFr

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

At our @NJCommColleges Summit, I chatted with @DrMcM of @ucnj_owls, @DrCReber of @HudsonCCC, Constance Barnes, Ed.D. of @cunyasap and Dr. Jessica WIlliams of @_TheNISS on Pillar 2 of our Opportunity Agenda: evidence-based student success models. Thank you for your insights!

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

Thanks to @PKBNews @whyy for reporting on @NJCommColleges and the FY 2025 state budget.

New Jersey’s community colleges are fighting against proposed $20 million cut in state aid https://t.co/kUlgo66Gsv

[Maria Heidkamp @MariaHeidkamp]

@DougRouse1070 @ucnj_owls @AspenHigherEd CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
@NJCommColleges are so proud!