Higher Education Policy Minute

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education released information about how much of the $14 billion in stimulus funding individual...

Inside Higher Education reports that in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, state budgetary problems and cuts in higher education...

An op-ed in Forbes by the president of Southern New Hampshire University, Paul LeBlanc, reminds us that it is still very much an open...

Inside Higher Education has an interesting report today on implications for student privacy, including the Federal Education Rights and...

The U.S. Senate has been working on a large stimulus bill to attempt to address economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Inside Higher...

Many thanks to the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Education for their continuing coverage of how COVID-19 is affecting...

Here are some links to news sources regarding higher education's COVID-19 response: Inside Higher Ed has a Live Updates page with the...

As a number of conferences and higher education institutions (including both my employer and my alma mater) announce cancellations or a...

There are mixed reports on the likelihood of a Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization happening in 2020. Earlier this week, Inside...

Inside Higher Education is reporting that leadership and staff on the U.S. Senate's Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)...

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has been making headlines this morning: The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher...

In response to a request earlier this month from congressional Democrats that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testify before...

There are several news items today regarding federal higher education policy: The Hechinger Report on former New York City Mayor Michael...

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports: "The number of new international graduate students enrolled in American colleges increased by...

There are a number of news stories today about student financial aid: Inside Higher Education reports on subsidies for federal graduate...

President Donald Trump released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2021 earlier this week. The budget proposes steep funding cuts for...

There are some interesting recent news stories involving federal higher education policy in Inside Higher Education and the Chronicle of...

There's a lot of news today on federal higher education policy issues: The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on "what six months of...

Inside Higher Education reports that a three-judge appeals panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found, "An...

Inside Higher Education is reporting on a recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit that National Labor Relations...