The story of central Louisiana’s new community college holds lessons on improving opportunity in rural America—lessons that should help guide leaders responding to the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic.
By Marcella Bombardieri
REPORT
Postsecondary institutions must take immediate action to help address the issue of police brutality.
By Viviann Anguiano
COLUMN
Download a spreadsheet to see how much funding each U.S. college can receive through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, by institution type, state, and other groupings.
By Ben Miller
COLUMN
Nearly three months after Congress directed billions of dollars to higher education in response to the coronavirus, Education Department decisions have created uncertainty for colleges and prevented potentially thousands of students from receiving relief.
By Ben Miller
COLUMN
Twenty-two organizations urge college accrediting agencies to increase oversight of colleges and address increasing risks to students as a result of the coronavirus.
By Antoinette Flores
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Absent federal action, state budget cuts are about to add to colleges’ pain from the pandemic.
By Victoria Yuen
ISSUE BRIEF
Colleges call for a three-year free pass because of the coronavirus crisis, but monitoring their financial health is more important than ever.
By Ben Miller
COLUMN
Amid an ongoing pandemic and a legacy of neglect, a college president tries to keep his students’ dreams alive. Congress must help.
By Viviann Anguiano
COLUMN
Recommendations for how to make the higher education formula in the CARES Act more equitable and drive more dollars to public institutions.
By Viviann Anguiano
FACT SHEET
This issue brief provides options for ensuring that the formula for distributing relief funds to colleges does a better job of prioritizing those who need them most.
By Ben Miller
ISSUE BRIEF
The federal government’s decision to exclude undocumented college students from receiving emergency aid is ungrounded in the CARES Act.
By Viviann Anguiano
COLUMN
Stanford University had good intentions in rejecting its CARES Act emergency funds, but a better way to help students would be to donate that money to area community colleges.
By Bradley D. Custer
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Colleges are supporting students by deferring deadlines, waiving fees, and making standardized tests optional.
By Marissa Navarro and Taseen Shamim
COLUMN
Student affairs leaders at California State University, Dominguez Hills, highlight challenges that students and colleges are facing during the coronavirus pandemic—and explain how policymakers can help them persevere.
By Viviann Anguiano and Marcella Bombardieri
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The federal government must take action in order to address the immediate-, medium-, and long-term fallout from the coronavirus crisis on pre-K, K-12 and higher education.
By Viviann Anguiano, Marcella Bombardieri, Neil Campbell, Antoinette Flores, Steven Jessen-Howard, Laura Jimenez, and Simon Workman
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