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Education Department Limits Emergency Aid Causing College Access Advocates to Worry

by Sara Weissman | June 22, 2020 The U.S. Department of Education has officially excluded students ineligible for federal financ Read more

Education Department Officially Bars Emergency Pandemic Aid to Undocumented Students

| June 12, 2020
The Department of Education on Thursday formally issued a rule, which was earlier a guidance, b [...] Read more

Report: To Ensure Equity, Prioritize CARES Act Aid for Public Colleges

by Lois Elfman | June 7, 2020
While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is felt throughout higher education, a report from th [...] Read more

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

by Pearl Stewart | May 18, 2020
An estimated half-million undocumented students enrolled in colleges and universities generated [...] Read more

New Department of Education Sexual Assault Investigation Rules Spark Controversy

by Shailaja Neelakantan | May 6, 2020
The Department of Education on Wednesday issued much-awaited final regulations on how campuses [...] Read more

More Than 70 Groups Ask Congress for $250 Billion to Fund State Education

by Jessica Ruf | May 5, 2020
As states contend with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, a coalition of more than 70 org [...] Read more

Pandemic Causes High School Seniors to Reassess College Decisions, Says Survey

by Pearl Stewart | April 12, 2020
As all sectors of society grapple with life under COVID-19, high school seniors planning to att [...] Read more

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Loosens Accreditor and State Oversight

by Sara Weissman | November 1, 2019
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the finalized rule for accreditation and stat [...] Read more

Study: Debt Load Disparities Hamper K-12 Teacher Diversity

by David Pluviose | July 9, 2019
A new Center for American Progress report finds that the disproportionate student loan debt bur [...] Read more

Report: U.S. Degree-Attainment Disparities Persist

| June 27, 2019
College-degree attainment rates have improved over the past decade in the United States, with t [...] Read more

Report Targets Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Mortality

by Pearl Stewart | May 5, 2019
African-American women are dying from preventable pregnancy-related complications at three to f [...] Read more

Experts Say Reauthorized HEA Must Promote Equity

| March 1, 2019
Institutional accountability and effective federal-state partnerships are keys to improving hig [...] Read more

Higher Ed Observers Slam Federal Reprieve for For-Profit Accreditor

| November 27, 2018
While a major accreditor of for-profit schools has won a conditional reprieve from Secretary of [...] Read more

Report Puts Focus on Mental Health Services for Asian Americans

by Lydia Lum | October 16, 2018
A new report lists multiple ways in which lawmakers and other thought leaders across the countr [...] Read more

Study: Black and Hispanic Students Get Lower Return on Higher Ed Investment

by Sammy G. Allen | May 25, 2018
Black and Hispanic graduates would have received 1 million more bachelor’s degrees between 20 [...] Read more

The Fight for Tenure: An Uphill Battle for Minoritized Faculty

Recorded on July 1, 2020

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America— What Role Does Higher Education have to play?

Recorded on June 19, 2020

College Athletics After COVID-19; What is the Impact? What Are the Ramifications?

Recorded on May 27, 2020

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America—
What Role Does Higher Education have to play?

College Athletics After COVID-19;
What is the Impact?
What Are the Ramifications?