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A Very Bad Proposal for Pell

Diane Auer Jones argues that the proposal to tie full Pell Grant eligibility to a 15-credit load will decrease completion rates and deter low-income students from STEM-related fields.

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TRIO Advocates Fearful After Several Grants Discontinued

The Trump administration discontinued Upward Bound grants at two community colleges without warning, shocking college leaders and worrying TRIO proponents.

Senator Bill Cassidy and others speak at a podium about their latest proposal to lower the cost of higher education.

Senate HELP Committee Releases Plan for Higher Ed Reform

Senate Republicans want to eliminate so-called inflationary loans, stop federal aid for degrees that leave students worse off and expand...

Private Colleges Propose Revised Endowment Tax Plans

For weeks, private colleges big and small have been saying that Republicans’ plan to increase the endowment tax rate to...
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Preserving the Federal Data Trump Is Trying to Purge

For months, the research community has been racing to download and store thousands of demographic data sets the government wants to delete because they don’t align with the Trump administration’s ideological views.

Jayanta Bhattacharya, a man with silver hair and glasses wearing a suit and red tie

NIH Staff Lambaste Agency Head for Censorship of Science

Hundreds of staff at the National Institutes of Health are publicly condemning the agency’s actions in recent months, including firing...

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Weigh In on Education Dept. Layoffs

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to move forward with its plan to lay...
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Trump Ends Vital Higher Ed Data System Training

Led by the Association of Institutional Research, the professional development resources helped to ensure the availability of accurate public data on colleges and universities, higher ed experts say.