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COVID-19

Students Struggling to Make Ends Meet Given COVID-19’s Impact on Jobs

College students often rely on federal work-study positions and other jobs on and off campus to make ends meet. However, with campuses shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many students have had to look for other sources of income to pay bills. “Across the country, we are seeing many colleges and universities make quick decisions […]

October 2, 2020

Community Colleges

$10 Million Grant Helps 16 Maryland Community Colleges Amid COVID-19

To support individuals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Larry Hogan announced $10 million in funding for 16 Maryland community colleges to support individuals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic through workforce development and certification programs.

September 28, 2020

Sports

What Do Sporting Boycotts Tell Us About Ourselves?

The decision to boycott has been coupled with questions about what NBA players and other professional athletes are going to do next.  The boycotting, however, needs to be framed as a greater cultural moment that is reflective of American shortcomings rather than asking athlete to carry the mantel for social activism.

September 1, 2020

Latinx

Excelencia in Education Analyzes CARES ACT and Federal Funding Proposal’s Impact on HSIs

In a new analysis, Excelencia in Education looked at current federal COVID-19 funding proposals as well as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and its impact on Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs).

August 13, 2020

African-American

Virtual Panel Discusses the Role and Needs of HBCUs

Historically Black colleges and universities continue to be needed and relevant. That was the sentiment expressed by higher education and political leaders who convened virtually on Wednesday to participate in Virginia Union University’s (VUU) “The Continuing Significance of HBCUs Today” event.

August 12, 2020

COVID-19

Education Department Limits Emergency Aid Causing College Access Advocates to Worry

The U.S. Department of Education has officially excluded students ineligible for federal financial aid from receiving coronavirus emergency aid under a regulation made public on June 11. College access experts worry it bars too many students from relief, including undocumented and international students.

June 22, 2020

African-American

Our HBCUs Need Additional Congressional Support

As we approach June 30th, a date that marks the end of the annual or biennial fiscal years for forty-six of the nation’s fifty states, governors and state legislatures are being forced to make some extremely tough decisions in order to balance their budgets. If past precedent serves as any guide, we can readily anticipate that higher education will be forced to endure an outsized portion of those cuts and, as a consequence, our largely tuition-dependent, public HBCUs will, inevitably, suffer an even greater hardship from those state funding cuts than better-resourced flagship institutions.

June 22, 2020

COVID-19

COVID-19 Aid Restrictions Rule Won’t Apply to California Community Colleges

California’s community colleges don’t have to abide by a Department of Education rule that prevents many college students from receiving emergency federal COVID-19 grants, ruled a federal judge in California on Wednesday. The decision means those emergency grants can now reach a much wider group of students at California’s community colleges, including undocumented students. This […]

June 17, 2020

Students

Federal Judge Blocks Ed Dept. Limits on COVID-19 Aid for Many Washington State Students

A federal judge in Spokane, Washington, has for the most part blocked an education department rule that restricts emergency CARES Act pandemic aid to students eligible for federal student aid, giving more college students in the state a lifeline during the pandemic. The injunction granted by the judge late on Friday does not however apply […]

June 15, 2020

Students

Education Department Officially Bars Emergency Pandemic Aid to Undocumented Students

The Department of Education on Thursday formally issued a rule, which was earlier a guidance, blocking emergency COVID-19 education aid to undocumented, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) and other college students who aren’t eligible for federal aid. However, the department did add that the rule won’t apply retroactively, that is, it won’t enforce the […]

June 12, 2020

Students

Reimagining International Student Recruitment in the Age of COVID-19: Cross-Continent Collaboration and Partnership Agreements, and Innovative Delivery Models Have Never Been More Important

International student enrollment has been challenged since well before the COVID-19 global pandemic brought the traditional higher education recruitment cycle to a halt in mid-March. It will only become more difficult if colleges and universities do not quickly determine and act upon ways to reach and serve the unique needs of this critically important student population.

June 10, 2020

Students

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

While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is felt throughout higher education, a report from the Center for American Progress advocates that public colleges and universities deserve the largest allotment of aid to ensure that racial and economic inequalities don’t deepen.

June 7, 2020