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Education Department Relaxes TEACH Grant Program Guidelines

Aspiring teachers can breathe a bit easier in their educational and career pursuits as the U.S. Department of Education relaxed its rules for the federal Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program and the Biden-Harris administration proposes boosts to the program via the American Families Plan (AFP).

July 7, 2021

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What Does the Education Department’s New Final Rule Mean For Religion and Free Speech in Higher Education?

The U.S. Department of Education issued its final rule on religious liberty and free inquiry last Wednesday, which details protections for faith-based institutions and religious student groups at public universities and seeks to bolster campus free speech. The rule reflects – and sometimes contradicts – a fraught, growing body of case law about religion and free speech in higher education.

September 16, 2020

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Addresses HBCU Leaders About Expired Funding

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos sent a letter to leaders of historically Black colleges and universities, reassuring them that recently expired federal funds for minority serving institutions “will have no bearing” on funds already awarded for 2020. “This administration is committed to each and every HBCU and other minority-serving institutions and the important work […]

October 10, 2019

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Holifield Works to Advance Interests of HBCUs Within Trump Administration

When Johnathan M. Holifield talks about future opportunities for HBCUs, he inevitably finds a way to bridge the past to the present, even as he looks toward the future. For Holifield, the executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, these storied institutions are national treasures that can undoubtedly attract continued investment because of their competitive edge and assets.

August 9, 2019

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DeVos Wants Income Verification Reviewed for Loan-Repayment Plans

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has issued a statement calling for a comprehensive review of income verification in Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans for federal student loans. Her action followed the publication of a Government Accountability Office report titled “Federal Student Loans: Education Needs to Verify Borrowers’ Information for Income-Driven Repayment Plans.” “The GAO report […]

July 26, 2019

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DeVos Discusses Range of Topics at EWA Gathering

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos addressed topics ranging from teacher strikes to the recently introduced Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act in an appearance Monday at the 72nd national seminar of the Education Writers Association.

May 6, 2019

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RISE Conference Engages Hot Education Topics

Hot education topics ranging from workforce relevance and measuring student outcomes to school choice and postsecondary access and affordability highlighted the second annual Reagan Institute Summit on Education (RISE) conference Thursday at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center.

April 11, 2019

Disabilties

Lauded Special Olympics Program To Continue with Federal Funding

Unified Champion Schools, a Special Olympics educational program that has been saved from the federal fiscal chopping block, is known as an initiative whose benefits extend beyond the intellectually disabled.

March 29, 2019

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Federal Education Department Releases Budget Proposal

College funding, school safety and school choice are items addressed in the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed fiscal year 2020 budget, which department officials shared with media in a conference call Monday morning.

March 11, 2019

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DeVos Gives Personal Donation to TMCF

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has given a personal donation to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) from her annual salary, the organization recently announced. After she first began her role as Secretary of Education, DeVos promised to donate her yearly salary to charity. In 2018, she donated the remainder of her salary to […]

February 20, 2019

Community Colleges

Legislative Summit Urges Community College Leaders to Advocate

There’s a lot of important legislative and policy change afoot in higher education in 2019, and community colleges leaders should make sure they have seats at every table and voices in very discussion. That’s been a key message this week at the Community College National Legislative Summit presented by the Association of Community College Trustees.

February 12, 2019

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House Education and Workforce Chair Discusses Priorities

In a half-hour session Monday afternoon that seemed to pass faster than a New York minute, U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., spoke and fielded a range of questions about education from about 40 media professionals attending a two-day Education Writers Association seminar titled “Covering Higher Education’s New Political landscape.”

January 28, 2019