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Section: Policy
Policy
5 Trends That Will Shake Up Higher Ed in 2018
In 2017, a focus on adult learners was named the Education Dive: Higher Education Obsession of the Year, and for good reason: According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 8.1 million students enrolled in higher education — or more than 40% — in 2015 were 25+ years old. While 2017 saw a lot of […]
January 4, 2018
Policy
Higher Ed Act Moves Forward in the House
As Congress reconvenes this month, there is significant movement toward a 2018 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), the nation’s primary law with respect to postsecondary education and which authorizes the federal student financial aid programs. On December 13, 2017, the House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by […]
January 4, 2018
Policy
How Washington Could Shape Higher Ed in 2018
The year ahead could usher in significant changes in the federal government’s role in higher education. Events set in motion in 2017 will loom large, though resolutions may be years in the making. Here are a few things worth watching in the coming months: Senate higher education bill: Universities, families, lenders and anyone with ties […]
January 2, 2018
Policy
Trump Drops Challenge to Transgender Enlistment
Transgender individuals can openly sign up for military service for the first time starting Jan. 1 after the Trump administration announced Friday it will no longer challenge the enlistments. Two federal appeals courts last week rejected the administration’s request to put on hold orders by lower court judges that would require the military to begin […]
January 2, 2018
Policy
Graduate Students Escape Tax, but Still Feel Targeted
Samantha Hernandez was finishing up an argument for her dissertation about Latinos and affirmative action on Thursday when the emails started pouring in with the subject line “Congratulations.” President Trump had finished a celebratory news conference to announce the completion of a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s tax code, and graduate students were breathing a […]
December 21, 2017
Policy
Bill Would Make it Easier to Transfer Benefits
U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) has introduced bipartisan legislation to incentivize continued military service and enable more Americans to enroll in postsecondary education. Congressman Katko on Dec. 15 unveiled the Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents Act of 2017, also known as the EARNED Act. The bill would expand certain service members’ ability […]
December 21, 2017
Policy
House Higher Ed Act: What You Need to Know
Last week, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce unveiled its proposal for rewriting the Higher Education Act, the nation’s main law governing postsecondary education. The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act is the beginning of an important conversation about what the future of learning beyond high school should […]
December 12, 2017
Policy
Former Academy Student Tells Her Assault Experiences
Lynn Hall wishes she could go back to her 20-year-old self standing on the University of Colorado Boulder campus, grab her younger shoulders and share the news that she proudly published a memoir about her rape on the United States Air Force Academy campus in Colorado. “My younger self wouldn’t have believed it,” she said. […]
December 8, 2017
Policy
GI Bill Will Shape Education-to-Employment Pipeline
First passed in 1944, the GI Bill transformed U.S. postsecondary education and the course of the nation’s economic development in the late 20th century. Seventy-three years later, the latest revision of the law is poised to mark another turning point for the education and workforce landscape. The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, better known as […]
December 5, 2017
Policy
Higher Education Bill Would Expand Financial Aid
A bill proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday aims to reform how the federal government oversees higher education. North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx introduced House Resolution 4508, which expands the Pell Grant, a federal financial aid program, to include shorter-term programs like apprenticeships. It would also cap the amount of loans students […]
December 5, 2017
Policy
Senate Tax Bill Proposes Changes in Higher Education
The U.S. Senate passed tax reform legislation along party lines early Saturday, with several significant differences from the House bill passed Nov. 16 pertaining to higher education. One amendment stipulates that individuals can deduct only up to $10,000 on state and local property taxes, which colleges and universities worry will stop donors from making sizable […]
December 5, 2017
Policy
Report: Many Military Spouses Jobless
Spouses of U.S. service members say they continue to face numerous barriers to employment near duty stations, including Onslow County. A new survey released last week by Blue Star Families – a nonprofit organization supporting military families through resources for careers, deployment, and quality-of-life activities – revealed 55 percent of military spouses are underemployed. Those […]
November 30, 2017
Policy
DOE Now Tracks Part-Time, Transfer Students
The Department of Education has finally started tracking graduation rates of part-time and transfer students. The data also now gives outcomes specifically on Pell grant recipients, who weren’t tracked separately before. First-time, full-time students make up only 47% of all students in higher ed, and one-third of students are receiving Pell grants, meaning federal data […]
November 10, 2017
Policy
Low-Income Enrollment on 20-Year Decline at Public Universities
Over the past 20 years, the cost of education has skyrocketed in the United States. Public universities have taken the largest hit, with the average cost of in-state tuition rising 237%. While college continues to be increasingly cost-prohibitive for the average American, a report by New America found another trend negatively affecting social mobility: the […]
November 2, 2017
Policy
Injunction Gives Hope to Transgender Military Families
MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – U.S. Air Force Veteran Nicole Vanderheiden sat on a sofa inside OutFront Minnesota’s headquarters Monday afternoon with clasped hands, happy for the moment but aware of the long road ahead. She had won a victory, however small, when U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a preliminary injunction Monday to suspend President […]
November 2, 2017
Policy
U.S. Judge’s Injunction Stalls Transgender Ban
A federal court has issued a preliminary injunction on President Trump’s transgender military ban—a directive, issued via Twitter in July, to remove all transgender service members from the United States military and to ban transgender people from entering the armed forces. Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a judge for the U.S. District Court in D.C., wrote that the […]
October 31, 2017
Policy
Job Training Bill Advances in Congress
On Wednesday, the House Committee on Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity voted to advance the Veterans Armed for Success Act. The bill is co-sponsored by U.S. Reps. John Rutherford and Al Lawson, a Republican and Democrat representing Jacksonville respectively HR 3965 — the bill number of the “Veterans Armed for Success Act” — would […]
October 27, 2017
Policy
Kentucky Law Eases Transition to Teaching Career
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WDRB) — Gov. Matt Bevin ceremonially signed the recently enacted Senate Bill 117 on Monday, allowing more veterans to easily transition into becoming teachers. Bevin was joined by the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Max Wise (R) Taylor County, and the Kentucky Department of Veteran Affairs commissioner, Norman Arflack. Wise sponsored the bill after receiving […]
October 27, 2017
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