Biden's Projected Impact on Early Childhood Education, Workplace Policies, International Students

(From EdSurge) In an election that drew historic turnout among Americans, there is at least one issue that collected victories up and down the ballot: early childhood education. The Biden administration’s plans for early childhood education include funding high-quality universal preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds and improving pay and benefits for early childhood educators. Alongside the promises for elder care, the proposal would cost $775 billion over 10 years and would be paid for by rolling back tax breaks on the wealthy. Additionally, experts also expect Biden to push a stimulus bill that will provide additional funding for the child care industry, which has not seen an infusion of federal funds since the spring.

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(From CUPA-HR) How might the Biden administration impact higher education and workplace policies? In the short-term, the president-elect is expected to pursue policy initiatives from the Obama administration that were halted or reversed under President Trump, including recognizing students who work for their colleges or universities as employees under the National Labor Relations Act and implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order that established debarment procedures for entities that allegedly violated federal and state labor and employment laws. Additionally, the administration is expected to undo the following Trump-era regulations and actions:

• Rulemakings at the National Labor Relations Board that limited Obama-era policies shortening the timeframes of union representation elections.
• The Department of Education’s changes to Title IX regulations governing sexual misconduct on campus.
• The executive order on diversity training among federal contractors.

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(From ICEF Monitor) President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’s electoral win is encouraging US educators and their international students to hope that a more favorable political and policy environment is on the horizon, according to experts at ICEF-Monitor. Experts say to expect a reset in international education policies under Biden, including:

• Immediate executive orders presidency repealing the Trump travel ban that restricts travel from a number of mostly Muslim-majority countries and reinstating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
• Increased number of visas for permanent, employment-based immigration with mechanisms for temporarily reducing visas during times of high American unemployment.
• Protections for OPT and H-1B programs.

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