DC Shuttle … Senate Covid-19 Relief Compromise Would Repurpose $500 Million in Higher Ed Funding. The U.S. Senate reached a bipartisan “agreement in principle” for a $10 billion Covid-19 relief… Read more »
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Biden Budget Would Double Maximum Pell Grant by 2029
DC Shuttle … President Biden Releases Fiscal 2023 Budget Proposal, Including Big Increase for Pell Grants. President Joe Biden released his budget proposal for the fiscal year 2023 appropriations bill…. Read more »
U.S. Education Department Rules Crack Down on For-Profit Colleges
DC Shuttle … Ed Dept Reaches Consensus on 90/10 and Ability to Benefit Rules. After three months of negotiations between the U.S. Department of Education and higher education representatives, the… Read more »
Biden Signs Bill Increasing Maximum Pell Grant, Simplifying FAFSA, Reintroducing Earmarks
DC Shuttle … President Signs Fiscal 2022 Spending Bill. President Joe Biden signed into law a $1.5 trillion government spending bill for fiscal year 2022 that provides $3 billion for… Read more »
Uniting Teachers Unions … Plus Extending the Pause on Student Loans?
DC Shuttle … Teachers Unions Unite. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) announced their plans to expand their partnership through a tentative… Read more »
Biden in SOTU Calls for Increase in Pell Grants, Support for Minority-Serving Institutions
DC Shuttle … Hearings & Markups of Interest The U.S. House Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Workforce Development will hold a hearing on Skill, Upskill, and Reskill: Analyzing… Read more »
Policymakers Explore Safer Schools, College Scorecards and Research Conflicts
DC Shuttle … House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on More Supportive and Safe School Environments. The House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education held a hearing to examine how… Read more »
First Lady Confirms Building Back Better Won’t Include Free Community College
DC Shuttle … Hearings & Markups of Interest The U.S. House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education will hold a hearing on Serving All Students:… Read more »
A Call to Cancel Student Debt
DC Shuttle … Democrats Push for Biden to Release Memo on Student Loan Debt Cancellation. Eighty-five members of Congress sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to release… Read more »
College Enrollment Drops Again
DC Shuttle … Student Enrollment Drops. Enrollment at colleges fell once again in the fall, according to a new report. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released a new report… Read more »