Tag: Department of Education

HBCUs

Department of Education Increases COVID-19 Relief Funding to Historic and Under-Resourced Institutions

The U.S. Department of Education announced an additional $3.2 billion in funding for historic and under-resourced institutions under the Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF). The funding will go to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), minorities serving institutions (MSIs) and other underserved institutions, like some community colleges. The funding […]

July 29, 2021

News Roundup

U.S. Department of Education Releases $600 Million to Support Homeless Students

Under the American Rescue Plan Act’s Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) program, the U.S. Department of Education has released nearly $600 million in funding to support students experiencing homelessness.

July 28, 2021

News Roundup

Department of Education Helps Improve School Ventilation Systems to Prevent COVID-19

The Department of Education unveiled a resource that outlines how American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds can be used to strengthen indoor air quality at schools, colleges, and universities. Improving ventilation systems at educational institutions can help prevent the spread of COVID-19. “Protecting our schools and communities from the spread of COVID-19 is the first step […]

July 23, 2021

News Roundup

Dept. of Education Temporarily Changes Student Aid Verification Process

The U.S. Department of Education will temporarily change its federal student aid verification process for the 2021-22 award year by focusing on identity theft and fraud in an effort to help students hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. Verification is an administrative process that requires Pell-eligible student aid applicants to submit additional documentation, such as transcripts […]

July 14, 2021

Students

Loyola U New Orleans Earns $1.4 Million Federal Grant to Help Low-Income, First-Gen Students

Loyola University New Orleans has earned a nearly $1.4 million TRIO-Student Success Support Services (SSS) grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help provide services for low-income, first-generation and students with disabilities. It is the first time the school has received an SSS grant, which will be awarded over the next five years. According […]

September 2, 2020

COVID-19

COVID-19 Aid Restrictions Rule Won’t Apply to California Community Colleges

California’s community colleges don’t have to abide by a Department of Education rule that prevents many college students from receiving emergency federal COVID-19 grants, ruled a federal judge in California on Wednesday. The decision means those emergency grants can now reach a much wider group of students at California’s community colleges, including undocumented students. This […]

June 17, 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 aren’t eligible for federal aid. However, the department did add that the rule won’t apply retroactively, that is, it won’t enforce the […]

June 12, 2020

Sports

Ed Department Says Connecticut May Lose Federal Funding if It Doesn’t Ban Transgender Athletes

The Department of Education has in a letter said Connecticut may lose federal funding if it allows transgender girls to compete as females in high school sports, reported the Associated Press. Already, in March, Idaho barred transgender girls from competing on female teams in public college athletics. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Legal […]

June 2, 2020

Students

Trump Vetoes Move to Ease Loan Forgiveness for Defrauded Students

President Donald Trump late on Friday vetoed a resolution that would have made it easier for students defrauded by for-profit schools to get their student loans erased.

May 31, 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. “If ED [Department of Education] maintains its April 21 guidance […]

May 19, 2020

Students

Report: Undocumented Students Generated $133 Million in Emergency Aid, but They Won’t 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

COVID-19

How Will the Coronavirus Change Higher Education for Incarcerated Students?

Like the rest of the higher education landscape, college programs in prisons across the country have had to rethink how they teach their students in the midst of the coronavirus.

May 14, 2020