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Education department releases new data on transfer, inside higher ed, sara weissman, november 10, 2023, the u.s. department of education this week released new data  highlighting the community colleges and universities that best serve transfer students and the most successful transfer partnerships between two-year and four-year institutions across the country., department officials announced the new data thursday at a summit on improving transfer policy at northern virginia community college. about 200 higher ed leaders and government officials from 11 states were in attendance, according to a  press release  from the department., miguel cardona, u.s. secretary of education, said in a video message to the group that problems plaguing the transfer process, such as institutions not accepting each other’s credits and students having to retake courses as a result, disproportionately affect students of color, who attend community colleges in large numbers. he noted that such cumbersome processes cause too many students to give up on their studies., he added that the u.s. supreme court  ruling this summer  that banned using race as a factor in admissions gives new “urgency” to streamlining the transfer process to ensure universities continue to serve diverse student bodies., “no one will solve this challenge in isolation. we need leaders across higher education to collaborate intentionally,” cardona said. “today i’m excited to announce that the department is releasing data on transfer student outcomes across institutions for the very first time. you won’t find this data anywhere else. we need to hold ourselves accountable.”, continue reading.

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Improving Transfer Outcomes: New Insights to Guide Institutional Partnerships and State Policy

November 27, 2023

Title: New Measures of Postsecondary Education Transfer Performance: Transfer-Out Rates for Community Colleges, Transfer Student Graduation Rates at Four-Year Colleges, and the Institutional Dyads Contributing to Transfer Student Success

Authors: Nathan Sotherland, Kevin Stange, and Jordan Matsudaira

Source: U.S. Department of Education

New analysis of federal data by the U.S. Department of Education highlights the critical role that community colleges play in providing a pathway to bachelor’s degree attainment, while also revealing significant variation across states and institutions. With over 80 percent of community college students aiming to eventually transfer and complete a four-year degree but only 16 percent achieving this goal within six years, there is substantial room for improvement.

Using a dataset tracking over 600,000 students who first enrolled in community colleges in 2014 over an eight-year period, the analysis finds a bachelor’s completion rate of just 13 percent for this cohort. However, statewide rates range from four percent to as high as 18 percent, underscoring the impact of state policies on college completion.

Breaking down the data further, two key metrics emerge: 1) the community college transfer-out rate, reflecting the share of students who transfer to a four-year institution, and 2) transfers’ bachelor’s completion rate, or the share of transfer students from a given state who graduate within eight years.

There is considerable variation across individual institutions on both metrics, even among top performers in each state. For instance, at top community colleges the transfer-out rates range from 19 percent to 71 percent; at top four-year institutions, transfers’ completion rates range from 30 percent to 89 percent. This indicates significant room for improvement among institutions at the lower ends of these ranges.

Critically, the analysis also reveals the pivotal role of partnerships between community colleges and four-year institutions. By examining institution “dyads”—pairs of institutions with significant overlap in the students they attract—the data shows that states with higher overall performance also tend to have higher performing dyads. Top dyads demonstrate bachelor’s completion rates for students transferring between the two institutions ranging from one percent to 20 percent, with eight percent as the average.

The authors suggest that improving transfer outcomes requires a two-pronged approach: 1) implementing effective statewide transfer policies, and 2) fostering high-performing institutional partnerships, or dyads. The analysis provides transfer metrics at the state, institution, and dyad levels to inform reform efforts. Further research into the policies and practices underlying the success of top dyads could provide a blueprint for strengthening partnerships and transfer outcomes nationwide. With equitable degree attainment growing increasingly important since the Supreme Court ended race-conscious admissions, ensuring smooth transfer pathways is imperative.

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Submitted applications can be editied on 13th and 14th may, 2023.

• Inter-district transfers - Teachers can also apply for inter-district transfer on Marriage, Medical and Security grounds as per the Transfer Policy-2023 notified vide G.O No. 103-JK(Edu) of 2023 dated 24.04.2023 and Notification No. 01-JK(Edu) of 2023 dated 26.04.2023 made there under.
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Online representations are invited from the eligible employees of School Education Department for online transfer-2023.
• Employee(s) having mature stay as prescribed in Transfer Policy-2023 are eligible to apply.
• The academic staff deployed in various offices of the department and other departments as well, having mature stay shall also compulsorily apply.
• Employee(s) seeking transfer on Medical/Security/ Marriage/surplus grounds can also apply alongwith the supporting documents.
• Employee(s) who are appointed under SRO-202 & RBA/ALC categories and having completed their mandatory tenure are eligible to apply.
• Physically challenged employees can apply and shall be given convenient posting subject to the availability of the post(s)
• ANOs (NCC) having mature stay can also apply.
• Last Date for submission of representation in all categories is 11.05.2023.

Note: a. For any general grievance, employees may submit their grievances on following email addresses Jammu Division - personnelofficerjammu[at]gmail[dot]com or personnelofficerdsej[at]gmail[dot]com Kashmir Division - dsek.atd.grievances.2023[at]gmail[dot]com or atdgrievancesksed[at]gmail[dot]com b. For any technical assistance, employees may submit their issues on otptechnical2023[at]gmail[dot]com c. For any assistance/clarification employees may contact their respective Directorates/Chief Education Officers.

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New e-Transfer Policy 2023-24 Punjab Teachers

The Punjab Government, School Education Department (SED) has issued the latest notification in connection with New e-Transfer Policy 2023-24 for teachers throughout Punjab. The Chief Minister/ Competent Authority has been pleased to approve the e-Transfer Policy of School Education Department. The objective of the Policy is to develop a comprehensive and all-encompassing solution to the transfer matters of teachers of SED.

This e-Transfer Policy is expected to considerably improve transparency, service delivery and shall go a long way towards elimination of discretion and possible abuse of authority. Therefore, directed to convey that the provisions of the eTransfer Policy shall be implemented in letter and spirit by all concerned.

e-Transfer Policy 2023-24 Step By Step Procedure

No.SO (SE-lV-A)2-145/2022 : In supersession of the Transfer Policy 2013 issued vide Notification dated 17.04.2013, the Competent Authority / Chief Minister has been pleased to approve the e-Transfer Policy 2023 of School Education Department, with immediate effect. The e-Transfer Policy 2023 provides as under:

The Teachers may be posted anywhere against their cadre posts. No Teacher shall claim posting against a particular post or station as a matter of right. There shall be post specific merit-based criteria to fill every vacant post through e-Transfer on School Information System (SIS).

Procedure for Online Transfer Applications

All Transfers of teaching staff shall only be made through Schools Information System (SIS). Moreover, transfer/posting against in-service promotion, hardship grounds (i.e. categories of widowed, divorced, disabled, wedlock, medical grounds), mutual, open merit and newly recruited Teachers shall also be made through school Information System (SIS) .

• Teachers / Educators can apply online for their transfer / posting through login passwords on School Information System (SIS), shall attach relevant documents as required in School Information System (SIS).
• Teacher/Educator shall provide the original documents attached with the application to the concerned District Education Authority (DEA) for verification.
• Tentative merit list, objections and final merit lists will be displayed on School Information System (SIS) Portal. The applicant may view his merit, as well as merit of all other candidates who have applied for transfer on School Information System (SIS) Portal.
• Teachers / Educators may also raise objections against their own merit or on the merit of other Teachers / Educators through School Information System (SIS).
• Teachers / Educators shall submit their reply through School Information System (SIS) against objections raised by the District Education Authority (DEA) and shall also attach relevant documents.
• School Information System (SIS) shall generate QR coded transfer orders in favour of selected candidates.

Posting of newly recruited Teachers (merit cum requirement based)

• The newly recruited Teachers shall be posted in standalone process as per requirement of the Department in the order of their selection merit. Special emphasis shall be laid on acute deficiency of Teachers.
• Manual offer letter of appointment shall be issued to the selected candidate by the appointing authority. After acceptance of the offer letter, the appointing authority shall tag them as “new Teacher” on School Information System (SIS) along with the offer letter of appointment issued to the selected candidate as well as the acceptance letter provided by the candidate, with the allocated merit number.
• Vacant posts as per requirement of the Department shall be reflected on School Information System (SIS) Portal. Preferences from amongst the available options shall be sought from the newly recruited Teachers / Educators through School Information System (SIS) and Teachers / Educators shall be posted in the order of merit.
• All posting orders shall be issued through e-Transfer System.

Posting on in-service promotion (seniority based)

• Upon promotion, Teacher shall be posted during e-Transfer round as per all available options in the Department on seniority basis.
• The procedure shall be as under:
• Status of promoted Teachers shall be updated (tagged) on School Information System (SIS) prior to opening of e-Transfers round. Preferences for posting shall be sought from the promoted Teachers against all available vacant posts during the e-Transfer round. Posting orders shall be issued as per their seniority and given preferences.
• In case, the Teachers do not add any preference or fail to actualize promotion due to lesser options indicated / selected by them against all available options offered to them during e-Transfer round, orders shall be issued as far as practicable, at the schools / places wherever vacancy is available as per requirement of the Department through School Information System (SIS).
• Any promoted Teacher who does not join his post within prescribed joining time mentioned in the posting order, he shall be deemed to have forfeited his right of promotion.
• Ex-MCL cadre Teachers on their promotion shall only be posted in Ex-MCL Schools. In case, if promoted Teachers of Ex-MCL Cadre and General Cadre apply in same Ex-MCL school, the preference shall be given to Ex-MCL Cadre Teacher over the General Cadre Teacher.

Ranking Criteria for Transfers

The following ranking criteria shall be observed for e-Transfer of Teachers in different cases of open merit and hardship (divorced, widowed, wedlock, marriage, disability and medical):

Note : –

• The applicant, who submits online application under the category of widowed, divorced, wedlock and marriage, may also select options of medical and disability, if applicable.
• In case of a tie, preference shall be given:

a. Firstly, on the basis of gender (females will be given priority)

b. Secondly, age wise seniority by the CNIC available in the system (earlier date of birth shall be given priority).

• All e-Transfers including e-Transfer of divorced, widowed, wedlock, marriage, disability, medical and others shall be subject to availability of sanctioned posts and need assessed by the system.
• If the child or spouse of Teacher/ Educator is disabled, then Teacher/ Educator may be allowed for transfer subject to provision of Disability Certificate issued by Disability Assessment Board duly notified by the Provincial Council for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (PCRDP).
• If both spouses are Government Servants, then one of them may apply for transfer on wedlock basis. If one of the spouses is working in another District, then second spouse may only apply in that district where spouse is rendering his services.
• As a one-time dispensation, married female regular / contractual Teachers shall be allowed to apply for e-Transfer. In case of re-marriage, this dispensation shall also be allowed.

Criteria for Transfer as per Student-Teacher-Ratio (ST R)

• No transfer shall be allowed in low Student-Teacher-Ratio (ST R) school even if sanctioned / vacant posts are available. Transfer criteria for Primary, Elementary and Secondary levels shall be adhered to as per Student-Teacher-Ratio (ST R) in letter and spirit, as given below:

Teachers Requirement in Schools

i. Primary Level

a. For standalone primary schools and primary portion of Elementary, High and Higher Secondary Schools, the minimum requirement of Teachers shall be as given below:

(Subject to availability of sanctioned post)

• In case of standalone Primary School, primary portion of higher level school or each portion of consolidated Model Primary School running with two or less Teachers, the Teacher shall not be transferred without ensuring of permanent substitute.
• Only one Teacher on highest merit may be allowed to be transferred out, if sanctioned posts are 04 or more and all sanctioned posts are filled and Student Teacher-Ratio (ST R) is high (i.e. Students are more than 160), on account of the facts that no Teacher may apply for transfer-out due to high Student-Teacher-Ratio (ST R) and similarly no Teacher may apply for transfer-in due to unavailability of vacant post

Elementary Level

• For schools with elementary classes (6, 7 & 8), the minimum requirement of Teachers ESTs/SESEs shall be as given below:
• Single Teacher i.e. ESTISESE(Arabic), EST / SESE(Drawing), EST I SESE (Computer Science), EST / SESE (Phy. Edu) may apply for transfers having three years’ tenure in the same school.
• Minimum requirement of the EST/SESE(Arabic), EST/SESE (Drawing), EST / SESE (Computer Science), EST/SESE (Phy Edu)
• Teachers shall be as given below: –
• Additionally, for elementary schools, only one Teacher shall be required for the post of SSE/SST (School Head).

Secondary Level

In case, one sanctioned post of SST (Science-Chem/Bio), SST (Science-Math/Phy) and SST(computer Science), the Teacher may not apply for transfer-out, being single Teacher and no one may apply for transfer-in being no vacant post. In such cases, the working SST (Science) and SST (Computer Science) having three years’ service in that school, shall be allowed to apply for transfer during e-transfer round.

Contractual Teachers (Educators) may apply for transfer against regular posts i.e. ESEs against the post of PSTS, SESEs against the post ESTs and SSES against SSTs having same subjects.

Computer Teacher may be allowed transfer against vacant post of Computer Teacher subject to following conditions:

• A Computer Lab is available in the requested school.
• Minimum 60 students (Science/Arts) are enrolled in 9th & 10th class in the requested school.

The minimum tenure for online e-Transfer application shall be one year in the present school. Regular and Contractual Teachers of same scale and same category / subject may be allowed for their mutual transfer. Further the contractual Teacher may be transferred against regular posts of same scale and same category (subject) and regular Teacher can also be transferred against contractual posts of the same scale and same category (subject).

Adjustment of awaiting posting and surrendered Teachers

No Teacher shall be surrendered on administrative or disciplinary ground except coupled with disciplinary proceedings under the Punjab Employees Efficiency, Discipline and Accountability (PEEDA) Act 2006. Surrendering power shall only be exercised by the concerned appointing authorities notified in the Punjab School Education Department (School Education) Service Rules, 2014.

• All Teachers in awaiting posting / surrendered category shall be adjusted after considering the Teachers in category mentioned in Para 5 & 6 have been adjusted.
• Teaching staff placed at the disposal of School Education Department (SED) shall be adjusted as per their preferences, given during opening of e-Transfer round.
• Posting orders of teaching staff that remain unadjusted due to lesser options indicated/selected by them against all available options offered to them during e-Transfer round, posting orders shall be issued as far as practicable, at schools/places, against available vacant posts as per requirement through e-Transfer System on School Information System (SIS).
• The surrendered Teacher shall not be posted again in the school from where his services have been surrendered, if any penalty has been imposed on such Teacher under the PEEDA Act 2006.

Adjustments in Development (QAED)

• For adjustments in QAED academies, applications from interested candidates shall be sought through School Information System (SIS) from already working staff of School Education Department (SED). Already notified Selection Committee vide order No.SO(TRG)2-70/2013 dated 18th February 2014 shall shortlist and recommend candidates as per policy of QAED. After selection process, QAED shall add the status of approval for selected candidates on School Information System (SIS) Portal for generation of QR coded orders. Transfer orders shall be issued through School Information System (SIS).
• Erratic posting shall not be allowed.

a. Against irrelevant subjects

b. Against higher grade or lower grade.

Mutual Transfer

• Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Policy, mutual transfer shall be allowed amongst the regular / contractual Teachers in the same scale / cadre subject to the condition that both the candidates are in the same discipline / subject Transferring Authority shall, however, verify the consent of the Teachers requesting for mutual transfer. If one of the incumbents is due for superannuation within one year or has applied for pre-mature retirement, he shall not be considered for mutual transfer.
• Newly recruited Teachers cannot apply for mutual transfer within one year of joining service. Transfer on Mutual consent basis shall be exempted from the marks criteria mentioned in Para 6 of the Policy. However, the said transfer can only materialize during the e-Transfer round through School Information System (SIS). No manual application shall be entertained.

Administrative Transfer

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Policy, the Chief Minister may relax any one or more provisions of this Policy at any time for a particular time period as deems fit. In such case, administrative e-Transfer orders shall be issued by School Education Department at any time through School Information System (SIS).

Redressal of grievances (Review Committee)

An online application including relevant documents / certificate, shall be admissible before the District Education Authority on School Information System (SIS) for verification process which shall decide the same within the stipulated time notified by the School Education Department (SED) and reflected on School Information System (SIS) Portal. In case of failure to decide the same, cogent reasons shall have to be indicated by the District Education Authority on School Information System (SIS) Portal.

On rejection of online application by the District Education Authority, the applicant shall be provided option to submit appeal through e-Transfer System on School Information System (SIS) within 03 days after closing date of decision. The notified “Review Committee” of the District shall review the complaints received through School Information System (SIS) Portal. The Committee shall decide the complaints within 07 days after affording personal hearing to the applicants. In case timelines are not adhered to without cogent reasoning, disciplinary action may be initiated against one or more members of the Committee.

The composition of Review Committee shall be as under: –

• Chief Executive Officer (DEA) concerned – Convener 
• District Education Officer (SE) concerned – Member
• District Education Officer (M-EE) – Member
• District Education Officer (W-EE) – Member

After decision of the “Review Committee”, CEO (DEA) shall reconsider the case and implement the decision on School Information System (SIS) as recommended by the “Review Committee”. After addressing all grievances, final transfer orders shall be generated through School Information System (SIS). In case of intentional wrong rejection, disciplinary proceedings shall be initiated against the delinquent(s).

Manual Order

• No manual transfer order shall be allowed. Each transfer/posting order shall be issued through e-Transfer System including awaiting posting, surrendering of the services, on repatriation, rejoining after availing study leave, extra ordinary leave etc., as a result of penalty, posting of demoted employee, rejoining in the department and shifting of lien. The adjustment of all such types shall be made only through School Information System (SIS).
• In future, if any authority, School Education Department (SED) or District Education Authorities (DEAS) of competent jurisdiction, decides any representation referred by a court or any competent authority or decides an inquiry, the result shall be updated in School Information System (SIS) after approval of Secretary School Education Department (SED) Punjab/South Punjab.
• Against irrelevant subjects
• Against higher grade or lower grade.

Validity of System Generated Orders

• All system generated orders with valid QR Code shall have the force of law and shall not require signature, necessary instructions shall be conveyed to the office of Accountant General Punjab to entertain the approved system generated orders with valid QR Code, duly approved by the Government. A specimen of a valid QR coded transfer order is placed at (Annex-A) for reference.
• The specimen of system generated orders including the QR Code, shall be considered an integral part of the e-Transfer Policy 2022.
• Only duly authorized officers of School Education Department (SED) who have been issued login/password facility by School Education Department (SED), shall be granted administrative privilege to access and update School Information System (SIS). In case of misuse of login/password on any account, the responsibility shall be fixed upon the authority to whom login/password facility was granted.
• Concerned authority i.e. CEO (DEA) shall be responsible to ensure the implementation of e-Transfer orders generated through School Information System (SIS) within given stipulated time. Extension in joining/relieving of e-Transfer orders may be made as per rules by the concerned authorities through School Information System (SIS).

Opening of transfers

• A separate round for newly recruited Teachers may be opened by School Education Department (SED) to adjust them as and when the recruitment process is completed either by District Recruitment Committee (DRC) / Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) or School Education Department (SED).
• A separate round for promoted Teachers or awaiting posting Teachers may be opened by School Education Department (SED) as and when required to adjust the promoted Teachers through e-Transfer at any time. The round for promoted Teachers shall take precedence and preference in posting shall be given to them.
• Transfers rounds may be opened by School Education Department (SED) as and when required for the categories of widowed, divorced, wedlock, disability, medical, mutual, awaiting posting and surrendered Teachers. All such transfers shall be made through e-Transfer System to ensure the transparency. Manual applications from individuals shall not be entertained.
• Open merit transfers for all categories shall only be processed during the summer vacation.

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Education Department Releases New Data on Transfer

By Sara Weissman , Inside Higher Ed

The U.S. Department of Education this week released new data  highlighting the community colleges and universities that best serve transfer students and the most successful transfer partnerships between two-year and four-year institutions across the country.

Department officials announced the new data Thursday at a summit on improving transfer policy at Northern Virginia Community College. About 200 higher ed leaders and government officials from 11 states were in attendance, according to a  press release  from the department.

Mamie Voight, president and CEO of the Institute for Higher Education Policy, said in an email that the new data “elevate bright spots among both sending and receiving institutions, and offer practical insights about policies that can pave clear transfer pathways for students.”

“By showcasing and celebrating strong partnerships between community colleges and four-year institutions nationwide, these data will spark deeper, more meaningful policy conversations in states and communities committed to providing supports that foster success and completion among students who transfer,” she said.

Read the full article at Inside Higher Ed .

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New transfer policy of school education department approved.

The State cabinet here on Tuesday approved the departmental new transfer policy in view of the needs arising out of the special circumstances of the School Education Department.

The new transfer policy will be effective from the session 2023-24. The transfer process for all cadres will be completed between March 31 and May 15. It will be mandatory to apply online through the portal. Voluntary transfers will also be online only. Relieving and joining action will be done online. Once voluntary transfer is done, transfer cannot be done for 3 years except in special circumstances. It will be ensured that no school is without teachers.

In the new transfer policy, priority will be given to administrative transfer and then voluntary transfer. The newly appointed teachers will have to work in rural area schools for at least 3 years and for a minimum of 10 years of their entire service period.

Teachers posted in an institution, especially in urban areas, for a period of ten years or more, will be posted in schools with no teachers or shortage of teachers in rural areas. Teachers who have 3 years to retire or are suffering from serious illness or disability will be exempted from this process. The order of priority has been fixed in the transfer.

Teachers will not be posted in private postings of elected public representatives. There will be no voluntary transfer to Excellence Schools, Model Schools and CM Rise Schools. Voluntary transfer applications for the posts of Principal/ Assistant Director or posts senior to them will be accepted online. They can also be resolved offline. The transfer of first class officers will be done in coordination with the approval of the Chief Minister.

The Cabinet sanctioned monthly anti-Naxal special allowance to the police personnel of the Special Intelligence Branch (SIB) posted in the Naxal areas of the state and according to the period of working in the Naxal area in the Special Intelligence Branch (SIB) which has been approved from the date of issuance of allowance. Special anti-Naxal monthly allowance of 19 thousand to constable, 25 thousand to head constable and assistant sub-inspector, 34 thousand to sub-inspector and 38 thousand rupees to inspector will be given.

An annual financial burden of Rs 1 crore 4 lakh 88 thousand is possible on allowance approval. Out of the sanctioned 58 posts of various cadres for SIB in Naxal-affected areas, 33 government servants posted at present get Rs 91 lakh 80 thousand per annum as "Anti-Naxal Special Allowance" and 13 lakh 8 per annum as "Intelligence Special Allowance", in this way a total amount of Rs 104 lakh 88 thousand will be payable. This will boost the morale of the government servants of SIB posted in Naxal affected areas and better anti-Naxal operations will be conducted by accurate assessment of the activities of Naxalites.

In the anti-Naxal operation, the Council of Ministers has also approved anti-Naxal special allowance and "Hawk Force Allowance" according to the period of service in Hawk Force, in addition to giving monthly pre-approved "Naxalite Operation Risk Allowance" to Hawk Force police personnel. Hawk Force allowance will be payable to the Hawk Force police personnel according to the period of deputation.

According to this, one thousand rupees per month to the policemen who complete the tenure of 12 to 24 months, 2 thousand rupees per month to those who complete the tenure of 24 to 36 months, 3 thousand rupees per month to those who complete the tenure of 36 to 48 months. 4 thousand rupees per month will be given to the police personnel who complete their tenure of 48 to 60 months.

There will be an additional expenditure of 18 crore 77 lakh 80 thousand on anti-Naxal special allowance and Rs 5 crore 35 lakh 89 thousand on Hawk Force allowance, thus totalling Rs 23 crore 73 lakh 69 thousand.

With this, 1045 police personnel currently working in Hawk Force will get allowances of about Rs. 33 crore 15 lakh per annum instead of Rs. 9 crore 78 lakh per annum. This will boost the morale of the duty policemen in Naxal areas and anti-Naxal operations will be implemented better.

Madhya Pradesh Natural Farming Development Scheme

For the propagation of natural farming system in the state, the cabinet has given its approval to provide grant to the farmers of the state on rearing a desi (indigenous) cow and the new "Madhya Pradesh Natural Farming Development Scheme" will be implemented in the entire Madhya Pradesh with the objective of launching natural farming in 100 villages of each district. Under the scheme, natural farming will be started in a total of 5200 villages by selecting 100 villages in 52 districts. 5 from each village, in this way a total of 26 thousand farmers doing natural farming will be selected and given grants for cow rearing. An assistance of Rs 900 per month will be given as a grant. A portal/app will be prepared for farmers doing natural farming. On this registered farmers will be trained as master trainers and trainers. The master trainer will be given an honorarium of Rs.1,000 per month for working as a trainer and will be called a natural motivator. An expenditure of Rs 400 per farmer per day has been provided on training. 39 crore 50 lakh will be required for the implementation of the scheme, which will be borne by the state government. In the first phase, the administrative department has approved an expenditure of Rs. 28 crore 08 lakh for one year at the rate of Rs. 900 per month for 26 thousand farmers.

CM’s Rural Path Vendor’s Loan Scheme extended for two years

The Cabinet decided to extend the period of Chief Minister’s Gramin Path Vendor Loan Scheme by 2 years (till March 31, 2024). In the scheme, a target has been set to benefit 2 lakh beneficiaries for the year 2022-23 and 2 lakh for the year 2023-24. The scheme was implemented from 28 July 2020. In the year 2020-21 and 2021-22, a total of 3 lakh 14 thousand 487 rural street vendor beneficiaries have been provided interest free loan of Rs 10 thousand per beneficiary by the banks.

Renewable Energy Policy-2022 approved

The Cabinet has decided to implement the Renewable Energy Policy 2022 in place of the Solar Energy Based Power Generation Policy-2011, Wind Energy Based Power Generation Policy-2012, Biomass Based Power Generation Policy-2012 and Small Hydro Energy Based Power Generation Policy-2011 implemented earlier in the state. On the basis of this, the upcoming renewable energy projects will be developed in the state. Madhya Pradesh is an ideal destination for setting up renewable energy projects. The state has abundant land, solar isolation, moderate wind speed, biomass water sources etc. Apart from supplying the renewable energy potential of the state, these resources available in the state can also meet the demand of renewable energy for other states, which can be a source of income for the state. Apart from this, there is also ample scope for development of renewable energy based spare parts manufacturing units in the state to meet this huge target. There is a need for integrated Madhya Pradesh Renewable Energy Policy in place of various renewable energy source based policies issued earlier. In this policy, a comprehensive framework has been prepared for the development of solar, wind, small water, biomass, hybrid and storage energy based projects. Along with this, provision incentives etc. have also been proposed for the development of necessary equipment parts for renewable energy projects in the state itself. Along with this, importance has also been given to green hydrogen production in the policy, which is being considered as the energy of the future.

Grant approved for home-stay in rural tourism project

The Cabinet approved grant for construction/upgradation of home-stays in selected villages under Rural Tourism Project of Tourism Department. According to the approval, 40 percent subsidy of the cost of construction of new home-stay up to a maximum of Rs. 2 lakh and 40 percent grant of up-gradation of the home-stay up to a maximum of Rs. 1 lakh 20 thousand. (whichever is less) will be payable to the beneficiary in two instalments. The home-stays established under Rural Tourism will have to be registered in the concerned scheme as per rules out of 4 schemes run by Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board. In the first phase of the project, tourism activities will be conducted in about 100 villages to make the tourists experience the rural environment. In this 1000 home-stay rooms will be constructed/upgraded to provide residential facilities to tourists in 1000 families at the rate of about 10 families per village. This will directly and indirectly provide employment to 20 thousand rural families. The major components of rural tourism project include better accommodation, local cuisine, art and handicrafts, folk music and dance, local sports and skill upgradation. After the first phase, new villages can be selected in the rural tourism project as per requirement in the second phase.

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Transfer and Progress

Fall 2023 Report

February 28, 2024

Despite ongoing recovery efforts of the higher education community to regain pre-pandemic normalcy, there are lingering COVID-19 impacts on transfer enrollment. In particular, community colleges were the most affected sector of higher education during the pandemic with unprecedented declines in freshmen, continuing student enrollments, adult learners, and transfer-in enrollments, which had a ripple effect on overall transfer enrollment across higher education sectors. In fall 2023, we began to see signs of recovery with upward transfers among community college students increasing for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

This report series was created to help educational leaders and policymakers address enduring enrollment impacts from the pandemic. It aims to better serve the education community with new, timely, and detailed data that are only available through the Clearinghouse. These include postsecondary participation, mobility, and progress among economically disadvantaged students. It also includes data on disparities in pandemic recovery across differing student and institutional characteristics and transfer outcomes for entering community college students.

This report was created with support from the Institute of Education Sciences , U.S. Department of Education, for the expanded analyses on the pandemic recovery for community colleges and the Ascendium Education Group for student income analyses. The opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not represent the views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education, nor Ascendium Education.

The first portion of this report (dashboard tabs 1-4) describes the enrollment, demographic characteristics and transfer behaviors of 11.7 million undergraduate students in fall 2023, from a three-year fixed panel of institutions that had consistently reported data in fall 2021 to 2023 (representing approximately 89 percent of the Clearinghouse universe of institutions).

The second section (dashboard tabs 5 and 6) shows transfer-out rates, annual progress and six-year outcomes for cohorts of first-time community college students (6.4 million students across seven cohorts).

Highlights for Dashboard Tabs 1-4

• The number of students who transferred into a new institution in fall 2023 grew 5.3 percent compared to fall 2022. Transfers represented 13.2 percent of all continuing and returning undergraduates, up from 12.5 percent last year.
• Transfer enrollment increased along all pathways, with upward transfers growing the most, gaining 39,000 students (+7.7%).
• Disadvantaged students, including those from lower-income backgrounds, Black and Hispanic groups, and from rural community colleges saw larger increases in transfer enrollment.
• Upward transfer increased more in selective institutions than in less-selective institutions.
• Two-year college students from middle and low neighborhood income backgrounds made large gains in transfer enrollment to more-selective four-year colleges.

Highlights for Dashboard Tabs 5 and 6

• The size of the 2022 cohort of entering community college students grew to 851,000, up 7 percent compared to the 2020 cohort, which had severe declines at the onset of the pandemic. Most gains were seen among students 20 or younger, Hispanic, and those from lower-income neighborhoods.
• Despite large enrollment declines for 2020 starters, their upward transfer rates rose above pre-pandemic levels in their second and third years of enrollment (+1.4 pp and +1.3 pp compared to 2019 cohort, respectively). For 2021 starters, second year upward transfer rates declined compared to the 2020 cohort (-0.4 pp to 5.7%) but rates still remained above pre-pandemic levels (+1.1 pp).

Download the Data Appendix (xlsx) and Methodological Notes (pdf). 

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During an appearance in Wisconsin, President Biden said 10 million borrowers could see debt relief of at least $5,000. The plan could help rally support among young voters.

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President biden announced a large-scale effort to help pay off federal student loans for more than 20 million borrowers..

Today, I’m proud to announce five major actions to continue to relieve student debt for more than 30 million Americans since I started my administration. And starting this fall, we plan to deliver up to $20,000 in interest relief to over 20 million borrowers and full forgiveness for millions more. [applause] I will never stop to deliver student debt relief and hardworking Americans. And it’s only in the interest of America that we do it. And again, it’s for the good of our economy that’s growing stronger and stronger, and it is, by freeing millions of Americans from this crushing debt of student debt. It means they can finally get on with their lives instead of being put — their lives being put on hold.

By Michael D. Shear

Reporting from Madison, Wis.

President Biden on Monday announced a large-scale effort to help pay off federal student loans for tens of millions of American borrowers, seeking an election-year boost by returning to a 2020 campaign promise that was blocked by the Supreme Court last year.

Mr. Biden’s new plan would reduce the amount that 25 million borrowers still owe on their undergraduate and graduate loans. It would wipe away the entire amount for more than four million Americans. Altogether, White House officials said, 10 million borrowers would see debt relief of $5,000 or more.

“While a college degree still is a ticket to the middle class, that ticket is becoming much too expensive,” Mr. Biden said during a speech to a small but enthusiastic audience filled with supporters. “Today, too many Americans, especially young people, are saddled with too much debt.”

Mr. Biden announced the plan in Madison, Wis., the capital of a critical swing state and a college town that symbolizes the president’s promise to make higher-education affordability a cornerstone of his economic agenda.

But it is a promise he has so far failed to achieve, largely because of legal challenges from Republicans and other critics. They accuse Mr. Biden of unlawfully using his executive authority to enact a costly transfer of wealth from taxpayers who have not taken out federal student loans to those who have.

Officials did not say how much the new plan would cost in coming years, but critics have said it could increase inflation and add to the federal debt by billions of dollars.

Mr. Biden said his new effort would help the economy by removing the drag of enormous debt from people who would otherwise not be able to buy a home or pursue a more economically sound future.

“We’re giving people a chance to make it,” Mr. Biden said. “Not a guarantee. Just a chance to make it.”

Mr. Biden’s announcement was a presidential do-over. In the summer of 2022, he put in motion a plan to wipe out $400 billion in student debt for about 43 million borrowers. That was blocked by the Supreme Court , which said he exceeded his authority. In the months since, Mr. Biden has waived small amounts of debt using existing programs. But now he is attempting a larger effort closer to the scale of his first try.

The original plan relied on a law called the HEROES Act, which the administration argued allowed the government to waive student debt during a national emergency like the Covid pandemic. The justices disagreed after Republican attorneys general and others challenged the debt waiver plan.

The new approach is different.

For months, Mr. Biden’s Education Department has been developing regulations using a long process authorized by the Higher Education Act. Instead of an across-the-board waiver of debt, the new approach targets five groups of borrowers: those whose loans have ballooned because of interest; borrowers who have been paying for decades; those who have economic hardship; people who qualify for existing debt relief programs but have not applied; and people whose loans come from schools that have since been denied certification or have lost eligibility for federal student aid programs.

Administration officials said because the new approach is based on a different law, it is more likely to survive the expected challenges. They said lawyers for the White House and the Education Department have studied the Supreme Court ruling and have designed the new program to make sure it does not violate the principles laid out by the justices.

But lawyers for those who oppose the approach are likely to argue that waiving the debt is unfair to those who already paid back their loans or never took out college loans in the first place. That argument helped sway the justices in the last case.

Neal McCluskey, the director of the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute, called the new plan “dangerous policy” that is unfair to taxpayers and would cause colleges and universities to raise their prices.

“The Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the authority to enact law, and the Supreme Court has already struck down a unilateral, mass student debt cancellation scheme by the Biden administration,” he said. “It would stick taxpayers with bills for debts other people chose for their own financial advancement.”

The legal challenges will likely take months to resolve, and that could leave the debt relief plan in limbo as voters go to the polls in November to choose between Mr. Biden and former President Donald J. Trump.

Members of Mr. Biden’s administration fanned out across the country on Monday to talk about the new plan, betting that it will rally support among voters who were disappointed that the court blocked the first one, which would have eliminated up to $20,000 in debt for tens of millions of borrowers. Vice President Kamala Harris held a round-table discussion with a teacher, a nurse and a social worker in Philadelphia. Miguel A. Cardona, the education secretary, spoke in New York City.

“We need you to stay in these jobs doing this work,” Ms. Harris said in the library of an elementary school. “And you shouldn’t have to make a decision about whether you serve or are able to pay your bills.”

But beyond the threat of legal action, the president faces steep obstacles just because of the calendar. The new plan has not yet been published in the Federal Register, which will kick off a required, monthslong public comment period before it can take effect. Officials said on Sunday only that they hoped some of the provisions would begin going into effect in “early fall” of this year.

Administration officials hope that the president’s supporters will give him credit for trying, even if many of the borrowers do not end up seeing any relief before they go to the ballot box. Andrew O’Neill, the legislative director for Indivisible, a liberal advocacy organization, praised Mr. Biden’s announcement.

“Progressives have led the fight for student debt cancellation, and Joe Biden has responded,” he said in a statement. “More than 30 million folks will now get relief from Biden’s programs. That’s a huge deal.”

White House officials have been scrambling for months to respond to the anger about student loans among the president’s base. In one poll released last month, more than 70 percent of young people said the issue of student loan forgiveness was “important” or “very important” to them as they make their decision in the 2024 election campaign.

Officials said the five groups of people targeted in the new plan will address most of the egregious issues that some borrowers have with their student loans.

People whose loans have grown beyond the amount they originally borrowed because of interest would have up to $20,000 of that interest wiped away, leaving them to repay only the amount they originally borrowed. People making less than $120,000 a year, or couples making less than $240,000, would qualify to have all of their interest forgiven.

Officials said that 23 million people would most likely have all of their interest-related balances waived from that provision.

About two million borrowers who already qualify to have their student loans waived under existing programs have not applied for relief. Under the new rules, the Education Department would be authorized to cancel the debt for those people without their having to apply.

People who took out federal student loans for undergraduate degrees and began repaying them more than 20 years ago would automatically have the debt canceled under the new plan. Graduate students who borrowed money and began repaying 25 years ago would have their debt canceled.

Officials said that about 2.5 million people would qualify under that rule.

People who borrowed money to attend colleges that have since lost their certification or their eligibility to participate in the federal student aid program would have their debt canceled. Officials did not say how many people that would affect. And people who are especially burdened with other expenses — such as high medical debt or child care — could apply to have their student loans forgiven.

Officials did not estimate how many people might qualify for what they called the “hardship” programs.

Nicholas Nehamas contributed reporting from Philadelphia.

Michael D. Shear is a White House correspondent for The New York Times, covering President Biden and his administration. He has reported on politics for more than 30 years. More about Michael D. Shear

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