Community Colleges in the Federal Crosshairs
The New York Times has published an excellent report (gift link) on how federal budget cuts to higher education, framed
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Making the Education of Poor Kids Even More Precarious
By law, most federal funds arrive in school districts on July 1. This year, on June 30, the administration instead
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The Cost of College Got Higher Today
From the New York Times, the budget bill just passed by congress guts much of the loan relief that the
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Pretending That Playing Fields in Science are Equal
At the University of Texas San Antonio, 44% of the undergraduates are the first in their families to attend college.
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Pell Grants, but for Imaginary Students
The House Budget includes devastating changes to the Pell Grant program for low-income college students. Already severely underfunded, Pell Grants
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Cutting Pipelines to College
I've been traveling and catching up now to the many ways that low-income and first-generation students have lost
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TRIO on the Chopping Block
Proposed federal budgets would cut TRIO, the program that since the 60s has provided supports to low-income first-generation college students
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Cutting Public Access to the Key Scholarly Database about Education
Students in nearly all academic courses about education learn about the ERIC database. Maintained by the Department of Education, the
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Private College Counselors For Some Students? Fine. But the Low-Income Students Can Have Bots.
Because the application processes for federal financial aid are complicated and the student loan repayment system has been shifting so
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The Department of Education and Diminishing Financial Aid
As I write this, Linda McMahon, nominee for Secretary of Education, is testifying in her Senate confirmation hearing. Ms. McMahon