Remove 2024 Remove Federal Government Remove Grants and Contracts
article thumbnail

Recent financial aid increases lead to lower student net prices, per College Board

University Business

Adjusting for inflation, students today have paid less and borrowed less money to cover the price of net tuition than their peers throughout the last 20 years thanks to increasing avenues of financial aid, according to a comprehensive report from the College Board, “Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid 2024.”

article thumbnail

Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He says the idea for the bill came “from the failure of the federal government regarding immigration policy, especially when it comes to young people who often come here as infants.” Fed failure That’s the feeling of California Assembly member David Alvarez who introduced the legislation last February. From the president Dr. Michael V.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Why the Defense Department is poised to become HBCUs’ new best friend

University Business

Federal officials discovered that land-grant HBCUs in 16 states have been underfunded compared to their neighboring, predominantly white research universities by more than $12 billion since 1987. Senators are now working to create stronger federal oversight over state funding. billion in fiscal year 2020.

article thumbnail

Carl Barney, Ex-Owner of Deceptive For-Profit Colleges, Donates Big to Trump (David Halperin, Republic Report)

Higher Education Inquirer

Carl Barney, the ultra-wealthy former owner of a chain of collapsed for-profit colleges, is the third biggest California-based donor to efforts to elect Donald Trump in 2024, the Los Angeles Times reports today. Barney has donated $924,600 to the Trump 47 Committee, according to federal records. Soon after, the U.S.