Higher Education Policy Minute

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

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. Yesterd...

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 co...

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

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

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

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 f...

There are two major federal higher education policy issues in today's news. First, the Department of Education announced Friday night tha...

Inside Higher Education is reporting that President-Elect Joe Biden's choice to lead the White House Council of Economic Advisors, Ceceli...

With Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)'s imminent retirement, there is speculation about who may take over as the Republican leader of the S...

Inside Higher Education reports that an analysis conducted by FI Consulting in contract with the U.S. Department of Education has conclud...

I wrote yesterday that progressive groups were urging President-Elect Joe Biden to seek policies that would make higher education more eq...

Higher education advocates are pushing President-Elect Joe Biden to support policy change that would address issues of equity and student...

Both President-Elect Joe Biden and future First Lady Dr. Jill Biden made comments this week regarding some of their views on federal high...

There is more reporting this morning on what a Biden presidency could mean for higher education. Inside Higher Education asks what Presid...

Just before 11:30 AM Eastern time this morning, the Associated Press and other news outlets projected that former Vice President Joe Bide...