In a virtual roundtable discussion Wednesday with higher education association leaders, Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Illinois) heard about the many challenges that community colleges are confronting due to the pandemic, as well as issues arising from…
Colleges have until August 1 to apply for grants through the CARES Act’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF). After that deadline, the U.S. Education Department (ED) has announced that it plans to “recalculate…
In a huge and unanticipated win for Dreamers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Trump administration failed to comply with administrative legal requirements when it rescinded the Deferred…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) has issued yet further guidance addressing the formula grants under the CARES Act. However, this guidance is mostly good news for community colleges, particularly in how they may spend funds…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) will likely soon publish an “interim final rule” (IFR) on CARES Act student emergency grant eligibility and related issues. (ED had announced that it would publish the rule on June…
The Education Department (ED) again has added and altered the information it has provided to higher edcuation institutions about implementing CARES Act student emergency grants. The May 21 communication came as a shock and has…
Fifteen higher education organizations, including the American Association of Community Colleges, have joined together to launch the Remember the Dreamers website under the leadership of the American Council on Education. The site is the latest…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is working on a bipartisan effort to ensure that forthcoming stimulus legislation includes the association’s request for $47 billion in support to respond to COVID-19. The effort…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Wednesday released its long-awaited final regulations on sexual assaults. The regulation is scheduled to take effect on August 14, but that implementation date is uncertain as the regulations are…
The U.S Education Department (ED) on Thursday released CARES Act institutional funding for Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act. At the same time, it allocated the bill’s institutional funding through the Fund…