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Administration Launches New Plan to Narrow Racial Wealth Gap
Jun 3, 2021
Proposals aim to shrink the wealth disparities between black and white households, but do not include any cancellation of student loan debt, which some argue is a big part of the problem.
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Most U.S. Colleges Plan to Resume In-Person This Fall
Jun 3, 2021
Institutions weigh plans for in-person classes, vaccination requirements, and mask mandates. Meanwhile, the Biden administration launches the COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge.
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Biden's FY 2022 Budget Boosts Higher Ed Funding
Jun 3, 2021
The full proposal would increase Education Dept. funding by 41 percent, make two years of community college free, and invest in minority-serving institutions.
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Biden Administration Unveils Sweeping Higher Ed Regulatory Agenda
May 26, 2021
Education Dept. announces plans to overhaul a wide range of higher education policies, including reversing some Trump-era rules and changing existing student loan relief programs.
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Bipartisan Bill to Improve HBCU Infrastructure
May 26, 2021
Legislation would fund upgrades to campus facilities, new equipment for research, greater access to high-speed broadband, and preservation of historic buildings.
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State Funding for Higher Ed Increases Again
May 26, 2021
However, public colleges and universities entered the 2020 recession with historically low funding despite eight years of increases in state and local support.
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Tuition Discounting Increased Amid Pandemic
May 25, 2021
The COVID-19 outbreak exacerbated already-existing trends, pushing average tuition discount rates for undergraduate students to record highs.
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Closed Colleges Received $1.2 Million in COVID Relief
May 25, 2021
New federal report notes that the stimulus laws do not explicitly prohibit closed colleges from receiving funds, but questions whether shuttered schools could properly spend the funds.
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DHS Renews TPS Status for Haiti
May 25, 2021
The redesignation of Haiti under Temporary Protected Status could shield more than 100,000 migrants from deportation.
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Bill to Require Mental Health Resources on Student ID Cards
May 20, 2021
̽»¨Â¥ supports the general goal of the proposed legislation, but raises concerns that the measure fails to provide campuses with sufficient flexibility in the specific resources they highlight and the manner in which they are shared with students.
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Biden Administration Upholds Analysis of Gainful Employment Repeal
May 20, 2021
Education Dept. official says the administration cannot immediately rescind former Sec. DeVos's repeal of the regulation and must instead go through a new rulemaking process to restore it.
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New Study on Public Research University Recruitment
May 20, 2021
Report finds that many public research universities recruit at out-of-state, private high schools in affluent, predominantly white localities.
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Report Finds State Funding Impacts Student Success
May 20, 2021
Decreases in state funding lead to enrollment declines and lower graduation rates, while higher state financial aid funding means students are more likely to stay in state and graduate on time.
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U. of California Goes Test-Blind in Admissions
May 20, 2021
The move settles a court decision that the university lost.
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̽»¨Â¥ Comments on USCIS Immigration Changes
May 20, 2021
The association joined 36 other associations to submit comments outlining issues related to the overall slowdown of processing and the addition of new and proposed requirements.
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Harvard Urges Supreme Court to Toss Admissions Case
May 18, 2021
The university asked justices to uphold long-standing precedent allowing institutions to promote on-campus diversity by considering the racial makeup of their student bodies.
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Obama Alum Nominated for Top Civil Rights Post
May 18, 2021
Catherine Lhamon expected to take an active and aggressive approach on sexual misconduct, racial discrimination, and LGBTQ rights—and play a key role in the Education Department's formal review of the Trump administration's new Title IX rule.
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Student Loan Interest Rates Rise
May 13, 2021
The interest rates on new federal student loans are set to increase by nearly a full percentage point, as the pandemic pause on interest and principal payments is set to expire in September.
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University System of Georgia Reverses Test-Optional Policy
May 13, 2021
Georgia public colleges will reinstate ACT and SAT requirements after a one-year suspension.
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̽»¨Â¥, Other Groups Urge State Dept. to Reconsider Level 4 Travel Advisories
May 12, 2021
Failure to do so may result in tens of thousands of lost opportunities for students and a deepening of the economic crisis.