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Tag: Senate
News Roundup
Legislators Introduce BASIC Act to Help Students Meet Most Basic Needs
A group of legislators introduced legislation on Thursday that could help students meet their most basic needs — such as food, housing, child care and transportation — while pursuing an education. Named the BASIC act, the bill proposes an investment of $1 billion in grants that would help education institutions fulfill their students’ “most fundamental […]
June 10, 2021
COVID-19
Higher Ed Groups Reiterate Request to Senate for $46 Billion More to Colleges
The American Council on Education (ACE), alongside dozens of other higher education groups, has reiterated its April 9 request to the Senate to allocate $46.6 billion more for higher education to further address problems posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. “During the second half of the current school year, our institutions lost billions of dollars beyond […]
June 1, 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
COVID-19
Sen. Lamar Alexander: “I Would Be Planning on Going Back to School” in the Fall
Senate Republican Lamar Alexander said that if he were president of a university today, he “would be planning on going back to school” in the fall. The Tennessee Senator, who on Sunday said COVID-19 testing levels are not enough for college and university campuses to reopen as normal in August, told Fox News on Wednesday […]
May 14, 2020
COVID-19
Large-Scale Debt Forgiveness May Benefit High Income Borrowers: Higher Ed Associations
The American Council on Education and 31 other higher education institutions on Monday wrote to Congress saying it should be careful pursuing any large-scale student debt forgiveness measures in response to the coronavirus pandemic because they may end up benefitting high income and other borrowers who don’t require such help. “… any debt relief program […]
April 20, 2020
African-American
UNCF: $1 Billion for HBCUs, TCUs, MSIs in Federal Coronavirus Stimulus Package
Congress and the White House have agreed to provide $1 billion in emergency funds to historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and other minority serving institutions to help them cope with the coronavirus pandemic, said the United Negro College Fund in a statement on Wednesday.
March 25, 2020
African-American
Sens. Booker, Jones Urge $1.5 Billion in Support for HBCUs, MSIs Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Doug Jones (D-AL) on Thursday pressed for $1.5 billion in emergency funding to help historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
March 22, 2020
Sports
Idaho Legislature Passes Bill Banning Trans Girls From Competing in Female College Athletics
The Idaho state legislature recently passed a bill, 24-11, banning trans and intersex girls from competing as females in school and college athletics, despite there being no reported trans athletes competing in the state, reports Vox. If signed by Gov. Brad Little, the bill would require high school and college female athletes to “undergo invasive […]
March 20, 2020
News Roundup
Idaho Senate Passes Anti-Affirmative Action Bill
Following a heated debate, the Idaho Senate voted 25-10 in favor of legislation that would forbid any preferences for women or minorities in state or local government hiring, contracting and public education, reported the Idaho Press on Thursday. “People need to be hired by their merits and competencies,” said Sen. Steve Vick, R-Dalton Gardens, the […]
March 17, 2020
HBCUs
The Road to HBCU Self-Sustainability
Having been in the trenches of HBCUs for most of my life as a student, administrator and instructor, I know first-hand the difficulties our institutions face.  I believe, however, that HBCUs have the capacity to turn around their fortunes.
October 23, 2019
Students
Can We Fix How We Judge and Pay for College?
You can get a rating on everything — from an Uber driver to a fast food place. But for a recent college graduate like me, finding out things that matter to us about where to go to school and how to pay for it is getting harder, not easier.
September 23, 2019
Students
Groups Stick Up for Grad Students in Letter to Lawmakers
A laundry list of 32 higher education interests, student organizations and science societies this week went to bat for graduate and professional students, calling on the chairs and ranking members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and the House Committee on Education and Labor to make graduate education a priority in […]
July 16, 2019
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