Affordability

Every so often, new questions arise about the value of higher education, affordability, presidential leadership, governance, and even quality assurance. Questions regarding institutions of higher education are generally responded to by administrative leadership or boards often referred to as trustees. …

On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the fiscal year (FY) 2023 omnibus appropriations bill into law.

Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation Trains a Spotlight on the Future The top concern among parents about their children entering college is affordability, according to a recent survey from EAB, a consulting firm specializing in education institutions. Thus, many were pleased when …

Foreign Investments and Gifts Under Fire Proposed new legislation in the US Congress would require colleges and universities to rid their endowments of any financial investments in Chinese and other foreign entities that “have been deemed any unacceptable national security risk,” …

On August 24, 2022, President Biden and the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced that the Department will provide targeted student debt cancellation to former students who took out loans held by the Department of Education.

AGB and the Student Aid Alliance sent a letter to appropriations subcommittee leaders in the House and Senate to express desired Fy23 appropriations for student aid in areas like the Pell Grant, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, TRIO, GEAR UP, and …

On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed H.R. 2471, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022, into law.

Millions of Americans are blocked from achieving their economic, social, and civic potential by an education system that fails to capture and recognize their knowledge, skills, and abilities. At the heart of this systemic obstruction of opportunity lies our failure to …

More Universities Requiring Surgical Grade or Higher-Grade Masks The Center for Disease Control's (CDC) guidelines state the Omicron variant “likely will spread more easily than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus,” and numerous higher education institutions are updating their community policies and guidelines …

Takeaways According to declining birthrates, the applicant pool for new freshmen will shrink by 20 percent by 2025. This rate of decline will persist for five years, which could result in as much as a 50 percent decline in enrollment. Experts believe …