Windfall for Small Colleges – Inside Higher Ed
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is coming under fire for spreading millions in stimulus aid to institutions with barely any students, while other colleges struggle.
Like a lot of colleges these days, God’s Bible School and College in Cincinnati is feeling the effects of the pandemic. It has had to refund room and board to students after the college took its teachings, not only of scripture, but business and music, online.
The college has a small but dedicated group of supporters who donate money “faithfully,” said Aaron Profitt, its vice president for academic affairs. It had already received $155,000 from other pots of higher education coronavirus relief money in the CARES Act, and the college wasn’t planning to ask for more.
So Profitt was surprised earlier this week when the Education Department set aside another $337,447 in aid for the small school with 378 students. Especially so when he learned the money was coming from a pot of CARES Act money that Congress wanted distributed based on having “the greatest unmet needs related to coronavirus.”
He said, “All told, we’re doing OK.”