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Tag: Mamie Voight
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University of Connecticut Pauses Free Tuition Program Due to COVID-19 Financial Strains
The University of Connecticut paused its free tuition program, Connecticut Commitment, for low-income students, citing budget concerns amid COVID-19. The program, which is about a year old, offered free tuition to all in-state students with annual family incomes of $50,000 and below.
November 5, 2020
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IHEP Study, Top 100 Rankings Highlight Student Diversity Record of Flagship Institutions
Minority students are achieving academic success, but all too often not at the public flagship institutions entrusted with serving them.
January 6, 2020
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Reports Question Merits of Free Community College Programs
Scholars and education policy analysts are questioning whether two-year institutions and the students they serve — especially those most in need — are actually benefiting from free tuition programs.
December 9, 2019
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House Democrats Introduce Bill to Reauthorize the Higher Education Act
The Higher Education Act – legislation from 1965 that governs federal higher education programs – is supposed to be renewed every five years. It hasn’t been reauthorized in over a decade. But on Tuesday, Democrats in the House Committee on Education and Labor introduced the College Affordability Act, a first stab at a broad overhaul of the higher education legislation.
October 16, 2019
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IHEP Report Addresses Affordability at State Flagship Universities
Most state flagship universities are not affordable for students from low- and middle-income backgrounds. That’s according to a new report issued this week by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP).
September 4, 2019
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IHEP Report Recommends Strengthening Data-Use Practices
A new report from the Institute for Higher Education Policy and EducationCounsel emphasizes the importance of disaggregating data to promote racial, ethnic and socioeconomic equity and student success.
June 11, 2019
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Conversations Continue on the State of Free College
As conversations continue about the benefits and challenges surrounding free college programs throughout the nation, institutions, states and the federal government have an opportunity to improve college affordability and move towards equitable free college programs, according to education policy experts and college completion leaders featured on “The State of Free College” panel hosted by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP).
September 13, 2018
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Report: TN, NY Free College Programs Fall Short on Improving College Affordability
New analyses of two states’ free college programs indicate that the widely praised programs fall short on making college affordable for lower-income and working-class students.
September 5, 2018
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