Congress and the Trump administration are working on legislation and guidance related to federal student aid and other issues affecting colleges and students as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Education Department (ED) soon will release more guidance on federal student aid as the number of colleges closing campuses and making programming adjustments More Info »
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said last night that they were nearing a deal on a $2 trillion economic aid package to help Americans, U.S. businesses, and specific groups—including college students and higher education institutions—survive the coronavirus pandemic. House Democrats also have unveiled their own $2.5 trillion proposal that More Info »
The Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation (SHSF) today launched SwiftStudent, a free digital tool designed to help college students seeking adjustments to their financial aid packages. Powered by FormSwift, SwiftStudent guides college students through the formal process of requesting additional financial aid when their economic circumstances have changed. SwiftStudent is available to all students receiving federal student aid, More Info »
The West Seneca Chamber of Commerce will host its third Bryant & Stratton College Breakfast Networking Series event Tuesday, May 12. Instead of an in-person meeting in the West Seneca Community Center & Library, the event will take place as an online Zoom meeting from 9 to 10 a.m. Like previous events in the series, More Info »
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are planning to propose adding more money for education aid for states in the next coronavirus relief package, a House Democratic aide told Inside Higher Ed. Democratic lawmakers said they want to add more money for state and local governments, which face large budget shortfalls from the economic More Info »
MARYVILLE, Tenn., May 13, 2020 — U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today joined FOX News’ “America’s Newsroom” to discuss efforts to ramp up COVID-19 testing to allow students to go back to school this fall, and his work as chairman of the Senate health committee during the COVID-19 pandemic. Transcript of the interview below: Fox More Info »
Even as many colleges are struggling to figure out what the beginning of the new academic year will look like, a few have made public schedules for the next semester that already account for another wave of COVID-19 infections in the fall, which epidemiologists have said is more or less inevitable. The colleges that have More Info »
Supreme Court’s DACA decision protects thousands of educators, students – Education Dive Supreme Court rejects Trump efforts to end DACA -Politico DACA Lives for Now – Inside Higher Ed SCOTUS Prohibits Trump Administration From Winding Down DACA Program – NASFAA
An education technology company that manages curriculum distribution through college bookstores, both online and on campus, has produced a new application for distributing course materials. Ambassador Education Solutions’ new platform, dubbed RODA, can provide students with both digital and printed materials and handles integration of multiple publishers and course platforms. The goal: to help colleges More Info »
Americans continue to have a strongly favorable view of community colleges, according to the Varying Degrees 2020 report from New America. Based on an accompanying survey, the report says the public believes two-year institutions are a better value, more likely to contribute to a strong workforce and run more efficiently than other higher education institutions. More Info »