Higher Education Policy Minute

This week, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) will hold a series of virtual public hearings ahead of anticipated negotiated rulemaking...

Inside Higher Education reports that the three federal stimulus bills passed by Congress since Spring 2020 have helped to stave off state...

In 2020, following the massive emergency pivot to online teaching affecting colleges and universities across the U.S. due to COVID-19, a...

President Joe Biden released his American Families Plan legislative proposal this morning. The proposal, coming just before the close of...

Inside Higher Education reports on the debate about student privacy surrounding the College Transparency Act. This Act would allow the...

President Joe Biden released his annual budget proposal on Friday. The budget proposal contains numerous provisions for higher education,...

President Joe Biden released his infrastructure policy proposal yesterday. The plan contains billions of dollars in funding for higher...

The U.S. Department of Education announced yesterday that "it will streamline debt relief determinations for borrowers with claims...

Inside Higher Education reports that President Joe Biden's Department of Education is unlikely to continue a practice started by the...

Inside Higher Education reports that First Lady Dr. Jill Biden said in an interview with Kelly Clarkson that she is advocating for...

At a town hall hosted by CNN earlier this week, President Joe Biden said he does not plan to use executive action to forgive $50,000 per...

There's a lot of federal higher education policy in the news today: -- Inside Higher Education reports that the Government Accountability...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education associations in Washington, DC have been asking Congress for stimulus funding....

Yesterday was Day One of the Biden administration, and as promised, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders undoing many...

Yesterday the U.S. Department of Education released more than $21 billion in funding for higher education associated with last month's...

News broke last night that Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has submitted her resignation, effective today. This was first reported...

My latest blog post for the Rockefeller Institute of Government is available here. In the post, I discuss the implications of...

After threatening to veto it, President Trump yesterday signed the $900 billion coronavirus federal stimulus package. Among other...

CALL FOR PROPOSALS Higher Education Stakeholders’ Early Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis A Special Issue of American Behavioral Scientist...

Inside Higher Education reports that President-Elect Joe Biden's choice to lead the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has advocated for...