DC Shuttle … Supreme Court Hears DACA Case, Reveals Little Hope for Program’s Survival. The U.S. Supreme Court heard the oral arguments of a case to evaluate whether the Department… Read more »
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FAFSA Simplification Advances; Plus DeVos Under Fire
DC Shuttle … Alexander Introduces Bipartisan Standalone FAFSA Bill. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) outlined a new higher education strategy on the Senate floor,… Read more »
Ain’t No Free?
The New England Board of Higher Education recently honored Hartford Promise and the Rhode Island Promise Scholarship with 2019 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards. And NEJHE has been paying… Read more »
Massachusetts 2019 Legislative Session: FY20 Budget Finally Passes, More to Come
Seven months into the 2019 session and three weeks into the new fiscal year, Massachusetts lawmakers completed work on the FY20 budget. The spending package of $43.1 billion represents a… Read more »
House Defense Bill Offends For-Profit Colleges
DC Shuttle … House Adds Amendments to Defense Act Targeting For-Profit Universities. The U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment to its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for… Read more »
Maine’s 2019 Legislative Session Produces Less Rancor, More Healthcare
Maine lawmakers adjourned the 2019 legislative session, passing a two-year budget of $8 billion for FY20 and FY21, absent the partisan rancor of previous years. The budget contains no tax… Read more »
New Hampshire Scholars: Ready to Succeed
A former NEBHE chair reflects on a pathway to success … As a father of three and a grandfather of nine, I could not be prouder of the accomplishments of… Read more »
House Dems Would Bump Up Funds for Pell Grants, Federal Work-Study, Teacher Development
DC Shuttle … House Subcommittee Approves Education Spending Bill. House Democrats released the text of their education spending bill for fiscal 2020, and it was approved at markup by the… Read more »
Pell Grant Experiment Has Offered “Second Chance” to 8,800 Incarcerated Students
DC Shuttle … Ed Dept Meeting on Pell Grants for Prisoners. U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos gave opening remarks at an Education Department roundtable where officials got an update on… Read more »
Faster, Cheaper, Better: It’s the Curriculum, Stupid!
During my 40-plus years working in higher education I have witnessed a remarkable transformation in a wide range of industries—telecommunications, computing, transportation, media, publishing, manufacturing and retailing, to name a… Read more »