Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz May 3, 2022 Dive Brief: Transfer enrollment dropped 6.9% this spring compared to last year, with upward transfers from two-year colleges to four-year institutions bearing the brunt of the declines, according to data released Tuesday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Those upward transfers dropped 11.6% year over year this spring. […]
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget May 3, 2022 Amid criticisms that student debt cancelation would be costly and regressive, the Biden Administration is apparently considering means-testing debt cancellation. Specifically, reports suggest the Administration may cancel $10,000 or more of federal student debt for individual borrowers making less than $125,000 or $150,000 per year and households making less than $250,000 […]
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Florida Daily Kevin Derby May 1, 2022 More than a half-decade after first introducing the proposal, U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Michael Bennet, D-Col., continue to champion the “Higher Education Innovation Act.” “The bill would ensure students who attend high-quality trade schools, community colleges, and other post-secondary programs have access to federal financial aid,” Rubio’s office […]
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Community College Daily Matthew Dembicki May 3, 2022 NEW YORK — Attendees of the 2022 AACC Annual had an opportunity Monday to hear from the U.S. Education Department’s top higher education official about some of the Biden administration’s top-of-mind issues–and AACC members had a chance to let the under secretary know what’s important to them. […]
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