Forbes Allison Griffin February 10, 2021 After less than a month in office, President Biden has made his priorities for postsecondary education clear. And, notably, this week, he charged two leading advocates – two women – to deliver the message. Yesterday, Carmel Martin, deputy director for economic mobility on the White […]
Career Education Review Jenny February 11, 2021 Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Democrats advanced their left wing partisan COVID-19 budget reconciliation scheme along party lines: “Once again, Democrats are ignoring vulnerable, hardworking Americans, choosing instead to favor left wing special interests […]
Military Times Leo Shane III February 10, 2021 Included in congressional Democrats’ massive pandemic relief plan are rules that could upend for-profit colleges’ ability to recruit and enroll veterans in degree programs by limiting how administrators count GI Bill dollars in their finances. Advocates have long pushed for the move as a […]
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Dan Bauman February 5, 2021 Colleges and universities closed out 2020 with continued job losses, resulting in a 13-percent drop since last February. It was a dispiriting coda to a truly brutal year for higher ed’s labor force. Since the World Health Organization declared a […]
HIGHER ED DIVE Natalie Schwartz February 4, 2021 Dive Brief: California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week proposed guaranteed admission to the state’s four-year universities for certain community college graduates. Starting in 2023, first-time, first-year community college students would be able to select either a California State University or University of California campus […]
Inside Higher Ed Emma Whitford February 5, 2021 State sociopolitical factors strongly influenced four-year public colleges in their reopening decisions, new working paper finds. County sociopolitical factors played into decision making at private four-year colleges and two-year public colleges. In fall reopening announcements, colleges and universities emphasized student and employee […]
Inside Higher Ed Lilah Burke February 5, 2021 Of the 650,000 Californians who are incarcerated, on parole or on probation, fewer than 20,000 are enrolled in some form of higher education, a new report from the Campaign for College Opportunity suggests. Through focus groups with formerly incarcerated people in California who attended […]
CNBC Annie Nova February 4, 2021 KEY POINTS The Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer of New York, along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and other Democrats on Thursday put forward a resolution calling on President Joe Biden to forgive $50,000 in student debt for all borrowers. The plan would cancel […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami February 4, 2021 The president’s nominees for Education Department have records of advocating for student borrowers and close ties to progressive senators Warren and Sanders. The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a slew of appointments to the Education Department, including well-known higher ed advocates, people […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami February 4,2021 President Biden’s nominee for education secretary, Miguel Cardona, appears to headed for confirmation by the Senate after a hearing Wednesday free of fireworks, save for whether transgender girls should be competing against cisgender girls in high school sports. Senator Richard Burr of North […]