Higher Ed Policy
May 22, 2014
College Board Recommends Improvements to the Pell Grant
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May 13, 2014
A Blueprint for Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
In April 2013, UW President Michael K. Young convened a Task Force to study how the UW could better respond to and prevent sexual assault on campus. The Task Force, which included leaders from the Counseling Center, HR, Athletics, Academic Units, Student Government, Housing and Food Services, UWPD, Harborview, and Bothell and Tacoma campuses, put…
May 7, 2014
Stanford Announces It Will Divest from Coal Companies
On Tuesday, Stanford’s Board of Trustees announced it “will not directly invest in approximately 100 publicly traded companies for which coal extraction is the primary business, and will divest of any current direct holdings in such companies.” Furthermore, Stanford stated it would encourage its external investment managers to avoid investments in such companies. The decision…
May 2, 2014
55 Institutions Under Investigation for Possible Title IX Violations
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April 15, 2014
Income-Driven Repayment Options in the US
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April 2, 2014
Ryan Budget Would Hurt Pell Grants and Student Loans
Representative Paul Ryan, the House Budget Chairman, released his FY15 budget proposal on Tuesday. The proposal would remove the in-school interest subsidy for all subsidized undergraduate student loans, eliminate mandatory funding for Pell Grants, and freeze the maximum Pell Grant award at $5,730 for the next 10 years. As Office of Federal Relations put it…
March 26, 2014
New Report Suggests Graduate Student Debt Deserves Legislative Attention
A recent report by New America, titled The Graduate Student Debt Review, reveals that much of the nation’s “$1 trillion in outstanding federal student debt” is the result of expensive graduate and professional degrees, rather than unaffordable undergraduate educations. The report, which analyses recently publicized data from the Department of Education, shows that around 40…
March 20, 2014
Small Changes Made to Draft Gainful Employment Rules
Over the past few months, we have been following the Department of Education’s attempts to overhaul the controversial gainful employment rule legislation on this blog. This week, the Department moved closer to releasing a final version of the law. Its new set of draft rules is very similar to that released in December, in that…
March 13, 2014
House and Senate Reach Agreement on Supplemental Operating Budget
*Although the conference budget cuts state funding by $7.3 million, it also reduces the amount employers can spend on benefits per employee per month to $622, which essentially offsets the cut. † The $1,200,000 figure is an estimate until OFM sends additional instructions.
March 6, 2014
Special Report on State Disinvestment in Public Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently published a special report on public colleges, detailing how state funding declines and rising tuition have put increasing pressure on largely need blind public colleges and the students they enroll. The first section of the report, “An Era of Neglect,” shows the decline in state funding for higher education…
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