Higher Education Policy Minute

Inside Higher Education has a summary of the Democratic presidential contenders' positions on higher education policy, as discussed in...

Inside Higher Education reports that a new tuition-free community college policy in West Virginia will require successfully completing a...

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has expressed support for making the so-called "Second Chance Pell" program permanent. From Inside...

Yesterday the U.S. Department of Labor released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for a new apprenticeship system, Inside Higher Education...

Inside Higher Education has an article today comparing the recently released student debt forgiveness plans of Senator Elizabeth Warren...

News broke over the weekend that Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, plans to...

Inside Higher Education reports that several of the top Democratic contenders for the 2020 presidential nomination favor the repeal of a...

Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its first spending bill since Democrats gained control of the chamber, and the bill...

Inside Higher Education is reporting that a new Voluntary Support for Education (VSE) survey shows donations to colleges and universities...

A federal commission known as the Financial Literacy and Education Commission has recommended that higher education institutions provide...

A new National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) report shows that cuts in state budgets for higher education are associated with...

Inside Higher Education is reporting that presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) are set to...

The Education Commission of the States and Strong Start to Finish have posted an infographic summarizing state developmental education...

Today's Inside Higher Education contains two news items on higher education accreditation. The first is an article by Andrew Kreighbaum...

Today, the Department of Education released the draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend regulations regarding higher...

The Hartford Courant reported late last week that the state of Connecticut has taken steps toward adopting a debt-free community college...

Yesterday, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) released a bill that would ban donations as a consideration in college admission decisions. Inside...

The president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), Justin Draeger, has posted an op/ed about how...

Inside Higher Education is reporting that three congressional Democrats (including 2020 presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren...

Inside Higher Education reports that the accrediting organization Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), which...