Inside Higher Ed Marjorie Valbrun February 18, 2021 Leaders of the California State Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a budget deal Wednesday that restores $299 million in funding to the California State University System. The funding was cut from CSU’s 2020-21 budget, which takes effect on July 1, and was the result […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami February 18, 2021 President says his plan to support free public higher education will make a difference to future students. Top Senate Democrats and progressive groups continued to press President Biden on Wednesday to use his executive powers to wipe away up to $50,000 from […]
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USA TODAY Erin Richards and Chris Quintana February 11, 2021 A Senate committee advanced the nomination of Miguel Cardona as the next U.S. education secretary Thursday, putting him a step closer to guiding the reopening of more schools, albeit under a scaled-back plan announced by the White House this week. Cardona, the commissioner of […]
URBAN INSTITUTE Kristin Blagg, Erica Blom, Robert Kelchen, Carina Chien February 11, 2021 Abstract Policymakers have expressed increased interest in program-level higher education accountability measures as a supplement to, or in place of, institution-level metrics. But it is unclear what these measures should look like. In this report, we assess the ways program-level […]
HIGHER ED DIVE Jeremy Bauer-Wolf February 10, 2021 Dive Brief: The Biden administration has withdrawn a rule that would have required colleges that participate in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program to disclose if they had financial ties to a Chinese culture education program that frequently partners with U.S. institutions. Political pressures surrounding […]
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 […]