Tag: Policy

In an op-ed for Higher Ed Dive, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona takes shots at Republican-led proposals to cut education funding, suggesting these plans would seriously endanger educational quality, accessibility and equity across the country and across age levels. Meanwhile, Inside Higher Ed says, higher education leaders in New York are…

The Washington Post considers the implications of higher education legislation from Florida governor Ron DeSantis. Among other changes, the legislation regulates tenure processes, accreditation practices, and teaching about race. Some teachers are pushing back against the legislation, while higher ed experts wonder if other states will soon follow Florida’s example…

The Washington Post reports on a Texas official wanting to arm more teachers, following the recent mass shooting in Uvalde. In 2019, Republican Texas governor Greg Abbott signed legislation to allow more teachers to be armed in response to a 2018 mass shooting.

Carson Domey talks about the advocacy work he’s been pursuing since before he was a teenager; including his recent work with the Massachusetts legislature on promoting information and reducing stigma for teen mental health. Passionate and outspoken about ending the stigma around mental health, Carson Domey will be a recurring…

The Hechinger Report covers a proposal of $9 billion in federal funds that can be used to help with degree completion and retention. Higher education experts advocate that the money dedicated to college completion could be used to increase counseling services, fix remedial education policies, improve systems to re-enroll students,…

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to authorize $109 billion to make two years of community college tuition-free for all Americans, including for unauthorized immigrants. The request is one part of the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan, which also includes $39 billion to subsidize two years of tuition at four-year…

According to a government watchdog report, colleges claimed about 90%, or $5.6 billion, of emergency student grant funding provided under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act at the end of November.