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5 juillet 2019

House Lawmakers Introduce Short-Term Pell Bill

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that would expand Pell Grant eligibility to higher ed programs as short as eight weeks. More...

5 juillet 2019

DeVos Calls for Making 'Second Chance Pell' Permanent

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos called for making the Second Chance Pell experiment permanent Tuesday in remarks at a commencement ceremony for Tulsa Community College's prison education program. More...

5 juillet 2019

Lawmakers Reconsider Bankruptcy for Student Loans

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee put a renewed focus in a hearing Tuesday on whether student borrowers should have access to bankruptcy relief. More...

5 juillet 2019

Democratic Hopefuls Back Pell Grants in Prisons

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Most candidates seeking Democratic nomination support repealing ban on federal aid for incarcerated students. One of the few exceptions? Joe Biden, author of the crime law that enacted the ban. More...

5 juillet 2019

House Passes Spending Package With Boost to Student Aid

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. The House of Representatives passed fiscal year 2020 spending legislation Wednesday that boosts the size of the Pell Grant and directs billions in new funding to scientific research. More...

5 juillet 2019

States Wade Into Title IX Debate

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. In departure from Trump administration's approach, Texas Legislature votes to require college officials to report campus sexual misconduct or face criminal penalties. But civil libertarians and some survivor advocates criticize the legislation. More...

5 juillet 2019

Klobuchar Releases Plan for First 100 Days

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat seeking her party's presidential nomination, promised Tuesday to restore Obama-era higher education rules and beef up staffing at the Education Department as part of a list of policies she would pursue in her first 100 days as president. More...

5 juillet 2019

Few Students of Defunct For-Profit Chains Have Transferred

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Just 1 percent of students enrolled at Dream Center-operated institutions at the time of their closure earlier this year have successfully transferred elsewhere, according to data shared with Democratic lawmakers by the Department of Education. More...

5 juillet 2019

Top Higher Ed Debate in 2019? Big Solutions for Borrowers

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Previously relegated to the political fringes, calls for broad student debt cancellation are now being taken seriously -- a sign of how new energy is being devoted to challenges for current student borrowers. More...

5 juillet 2019

Warren to Introduce Student Debt Cancellation Bill

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, said Thursday that she planned to introduce legislation to cancel student debt that mirrors a presidential campaign proposal she released in April. More...

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