Debt-ceiling deadline looms large New NPRMs from ED Focus on community college agriculture workforce programs Funding opportunities Debt-ceiling deadline looms large President Joe Biden and Congressional leaders have continued meeting this week to negotiate legislation…
The American Association of Community Colleges hosted a webinar on Monday that featured Department of Commerce officials discussing opportunities available to community colleges under the CHIPS Act. The legislation will provide $50 billion over the…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) will soon begin accepting requests from colleges who need an extra year to spend remaining allotted funding from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) provided during the Covid pandemic….
The U.S. Education Department (ED) has unofficially released a proposed rule that details how Title IX applies to transgender athletes’ participation in school athletics. This is the proposed rule that ED indicated was forthcoming when…
Community college leaders attending this month’s Community College National Legislative Summit heard from U.S. Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, who touted the Biden administration’s commitment to reducing food insecurity among college students as well as promoting…
After the higher education community noted its concerns in a joint letter, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) no longer plans to transition to a new enrollment management system (EMS) in mid-January. Instead, the…
The White House last week hosted a national conference on hunger, nutrition and health to accompany the release of a new national strategy to combat food insecurity, improve food quality and strengthen nutrition-related health outcomes….
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued a final rule codifying the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in an attempt legally solidify the program due to ongoing litigation challenging its validity. The…
Last Thursday’s announcement by the Occupational and Safety Health Administration (OSHA) of new Covid-related requirements will affect community colleges across the country – but not all of them. For many institutions, the state in which…
Soon after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened up enrollment for the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program on May 12, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) informed all 6.5 million award year 2020-21 Pell Grant…