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Tag: New America
COVID-19
Report Proposes Higher Education COVID-19 Recovery Policies
In a year defined by a deadly pandemic, economic crisis and racial injustice, colleges and universities were forced to reevaluate their practices, structures and delivery models. As the United States transitions to a recovery phase, New America and the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) sought to further understand the overall impact of these crises on the education sector.
June 23, 2021
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Report Highlights Teacher Recruitment, Diversity Initiatives
To address the ongoing teacher shortages and increase the diversity of the teacher workforce, the state of Mississippi has launched Grow Your Own (GYO) initiatives, according to a New America report.
July 13, 2020
Community Colleges
Can Bachelor’s Degree Programs at Community Colleges Increase Access? A New Report Says Yes
Higher education is constantly wringing its hands over how to make college more affordable. A new brief by the think tank New America proposes a tool the authors say more states could be using: four-year degree programs at community colleges.
June 16, 2020
COVID-19
How Workforce Credentials Can Become More Accessible After COVID-19
U.S. employers cut 20.5 million jobs in April, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate surged to 14.7% this month. People need work, and for some, that’s going to mean going back to school for new credentials. With the pandemic as a backdrop, a webinar– hosted by the center-left think tank Third Way and sponsored by the Lumina Foundation – explored how workforce credentialing could be made quicker and more accessible to those who need it most.
May 20, 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
COVID-19
Schools Weigh Options for Fall Amid Uncertainty Surrounding Coronavirus
After varying amounts of struggle, higher ed institutions across the country moved online for the spring semester in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But now the question is, what’s next?
May 13, 2020
Students
Report Says Regulators Can Do More to Anticipate College Closures
In many cases, state regulators have either failed to recognize warning signs or taken early action to prevent school closures, according to new research.
March 31, 2020
LGBTQ+
Report: Diminishing Financial Aid for Low-Income Students
A new report says that as universities chase high rankings and future donors, financial aid money is all too often allocated to students who don’t really need it.
February 16, 2020
Latest News
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Loosens Accreditor and State Oversight
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the finalized rule for accreditation and state authorization on Thursday. The new regulations will go into effect on July 1, 2020.
November 1, 2019
Latest News
Americans Want Change in Higher Education Systems, Report Finds
Two-thirds of Americans desire change within the higher education system, a recent New America sponsored survey found.Varying Degrees 2019: New America’s Third Annual Survey on Higher Education addressed American’s opinions on the state of higher education and its contributions to economic mobility.
September 11, 2019
Military
Proposed Amendment Scrutinizes For-Profit Schools Targeting Veterans
Florida Democrat Rep. Dr. Donna Shalala proposed an amendment to the annual defense spending bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, which would audit for-profit colleges that enroll veterans while failing to meet Department of Education financial responsibility standards. It would require the secretary of defense to review how much Department of Defense Tuition Assistance a for-profit receives and to publish the results online.
September 10, 2019
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New Department of Education Rule Impacts Defrauded Students
The U.S. Department of Education has released its new Borrower Defense to Repayment rule, designed to give students debt relief in cases where they took out loans to pay for fraudulent schools. The new version, which goes into effect on July 1, 2020, makes it harder for federal student loan borrowers to have their debts forgiven, enforcing stricter criteria.
September 3, 2019
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