Category: Education

July 12, 2021

Pandemic-fueled financial setbacks have hit women much harder than men, which should serve as a call to action for colleges and universities to do whatever it takes to provide the tools needed to close the financial fluency gap and work […]

June 25, 2021

The center found that 60% of survey respondents supported student-athletes being paid for use of their NIL. It was administered in mid-May, prior to the Supreme Court decision. The issue of players being paid for their personas has taken off. […]

June 16, 2021

The Clery Act requires colleges that receive federal funding to report certain crimes to the federal government. The Education Department beefed up enforcement of the law over the last several years, fining the University of California, Berkeley, nearly $2.4 million […]

May 26, 2021

Higher ed appropriations per FTE student increased in 41 states and Washington, D.C. in fiscal 2020. Despite a steady increase in state support, inflation-adjusted appropriations are still 6% below levels seen in 2008. States have been recovering at different rates. […]

May 20, 2021

The program would allow laid-off and essential workers to receive grants covering their tuition and fees at an Alaska college, so long as they submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid if eligible and meet other requirements. It would […]

May 19, 2021

SHEEO found that 42 states decreased appropriations for public colleges’ operations between 2001 and 2019, after adjusting for inflation. However, 34 states increased money for student grant aid during the same time period. Public, four-year colleges tend to boost tuition […]

May 11, 2021

President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law in March. It provides about $40 billion in direct aid to colleges and universities. Institutions must use half of that money on emergency grants for students disadvantaged by […]

May 3, 2021

In one of his first actions in office, President Joe Biden extended the freeze on student-loan payments through September 30. With that deadline approaching, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said on Monday that the Department is “looking at” whether to resume […]

April 23, 2021

The proposed legislation, called the Strategic Competition Act of 2021, would expand the influence of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., also known as CFIUS, an interagency group that examines foreign transactions involving American businesses. It is chaired […]

April 12, 2021

Determining how much to fund their school’s IT departments is a big issue facing higher ed leaders. Even before COVID-19, colleges and universities were feeling the pinch to reduce IT costs to decrease strain on their budgets. However, as institutional […]