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Tag: DACA
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Cardona Vows to Support Undocumented Educators and Students
U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona listened intently as undocumented educators shared their stories about the importance of higher education.
April 21, 2021
Community Colleges
What a Biden Administration Could Mean for Community Colleges
With President-elect Joe Biden preparing to take office in January, this might be community collegesā big moment. The institutionsā advocates are already celebrating what a Joe Biden presidency could mean for the community college sector.
December 16, 2020
Students
TheDream.US Report Highlights How COVID-19 Has Disproportionately Affected Immigrant Scholars
TheDream.US, the nationās largest scholarship program for immigrant youth, recently released a new survey report on its scholarsā college experience titled, āIn Their Own Words.ā A section of the survey, conducted from May to mid-June via e-mail, was dedicated to how COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the scholarsā jobs, finances and family.
October 8, 2020
Home
DACA Student Advocates Worry Amid New Restrictions to the Program
The Trump administration will reject new applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, worrying DACA students and their advocates.
August 4, 2020
Students
The Trump Administration Is āTemporarilyā Rejecting All New DACA Applications and Shortening Renewals
Weeks after the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administrationās attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the White House announced Tuesday it would reject all new applications for the program and shorten the length of renewals from two years to one for the more than 650,000 DACA recipients. A day later, on Wednesday, [ā¦]
July 29, 2020
Students
Education Department Officially Bars Emergency Pandemic Aid to Undocumented Students
The Department of Education on Thursday formally issued a rule, which was earlier a guidance, blocking emergency COVID-19 education aid to undocumented, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) and other college students who arenāt eligible for federal aid. However, the department did add that the rule wonāt apply retroactively, that is, it wonāt enforce the [ā¦]
June 12, 2020
COVID-19
Washingtonās AG Challenges Ed Dept on DACA, Other Exclusions in CARES Act
Washington stateās Attorney General Bob Ferguson yesterday challenged a U.S. Department of Education decision to deny student emergency grants allotted in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security (CARES) Act to students who are not eligible for federal financial aid. This lawsuit comes after California community colleges sued Secretary of Education Betsy Devos earlier this [ā¦]
May 20, 2020
Students
Many Student Veterans May Not Receive COVID-19 Emergency Grants, Says Advocacy Group
Many students veterans may not be eligible to receive federal COVID-19 emergency grants because of Department of Education guidance that restricts these cash grants to students who have filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, said Veterans Education Success, an advocacy group. āIf ED [Department of Education] maintains its April 21 guidance [ā¦]
May 19, 2020
Students
Report: Undocumented Students Generated $133 Million in Emergency Aid, but They Wonāt Receive a Penny
An estimated half-million undocumented students enrolled in colleges and universities generated up to $132.6 million in COVID-19 federal stimulus emergency aid for their institutions, according to a recent analysis from a Washington-based policy institute. Yet those same students are barred from receiving any of that aid.
May 18, 2020
HBCUs
House Democratsā New Act Proposes $10 Billion for HBCUs, MSIs in Coronavirus Relief
A new coronavirus relief and stimulus package proposal from House Democrats, unveiled Tuesday, calls for the provision of another $10.15 billion for historically Black Colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions (MSIs). This will be in addition to the $1 billion of federal funds made available to these institutions via the stimulus package under the [ā¦]
May 13, 2020
Students
California Community Colleges Sue Betsy DeVos for DACA, Other Exclusions, in CARES Act
California Community Colleges on Monday sued Secretary of Education Betsy Devos for not allowing undocumented students, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and other students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents to access emergency coronavirus grants made available under the federal stimulus package called the CARES Act. The lawsuit from California Community Colleges [ā¦]
May 12, 2020
News Roundup
Top Higher Ed Groups Create New DACA Resources Website
Several influential higher education groups have created a new website, āRemember the Dreamersā, that will provide information and resources for students and institutions on what efforts are being made to help Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, students. Many of these students are also called āDreamersā, after the Development, Relief and Education for Alien [ā¦]
May 8, 2020
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