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Daniel Sparks – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation includes three chapters focusing on policies directly related to improving college access and success. The first chapter focuses on lifetime eligibility of federal and state financial aid policies. The Pell Grant plays a critical role in helping students across the US to afford undergraduate education. In spite of its importance…
Descriptors: School Counseling, School Counselors, Access to Education, College Attendance
Schuster, Emily – Liberal Education, 2021
"Liberal Education" spoke with two higher education policy experts on what they expect and hope for from the Biden administration. Viviann Anguiano is an associate director for postsecondary education at the Center for American Progress. Eric R. Felix is an assistant professor at San Diego State University, specializing in higher…
Descriptors: Presidents, Politics of Education, Educational Policy, Public Policy
Cruse, Lindsey Reichlin; Mendez, Susana Contreras; Holtzman, Tessa – Institute for Women's Policy Research, 2020
Nearly four million U.S. undergraduate college students are parents or guardians of children under the age of 18. These student parents, who already faced immense financial, child care, food, and housing insecurity before the COVID-19 pandemic, are now dealing with multiple new barriers, including school closures, lay-offs, and child care…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Child Rearing, Parents, COVID-19
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Stephen G. Katsinas; Noel E. Keeney; Nathaniel J. Bray; F. King Alexander; Garret A. Till – Journal of Education Finance, 2023
This article compares state expenditure data to see how the operating budgets of public community colleges specifically, and public higher education institutions generally, have fared over the past 30 years. Data from the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) have long tracked major state expenditure categories, including the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Trend Analysis, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
US House of Representatives, 2020
This document records testimony from a hearing before the Committee on Education and Labor to examine the policies and priorities of the United States Department of Education. Member statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Robert C. Scott, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor; and (2) Honorable Virginia Foxx, Ranking Member, Committee on…
Descriptors: Hearings, Public Agencies, Federal Government, Educational Policy
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Alexander, F. King – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2022
The market-based funding model more commonly known as direct student aid, which was adopted by the federal government during the late 1960s and early 1970s, has created a series of unintended consequences that threaten educational equity and the future of public higher education. The economic and societal impacts of the privatization of US public…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Higher Education, Educational Finance
Delisle, Jason D.; Christensen, Cody – American Enterprise Institute, 2019
The federal Pell Grant was designed to help low-income students pay for college. But over the past two decades, a growing share of middle-income students have become eligible for the program. This was not policymakers' explicit goal. This report examines how the program came to increasingly provide students from middle-income families with grants,…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Federal Programs, Low Income Students
Campbell, Colleen; Love, Ivy – Association of Community College Trustees, 2017
Although default rates have decreased in recent years, community colleges still struggle to keep their rates in check: 18.5 percent of borrowers from public two-year colleges default within three years compared to the national average rate of 11.3 percent. In 2015, the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) published "A Closer Look…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Paying for College, Student Loan Programs
Green, Jimmy; Donovan, Brittney; Palius, Marjory – John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, 2022
The Newark Opportunity Youth Network (NOYN) contracted with the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the youth workforce development system within the state. The study documents how the youth workforce system developed in New Jersey since the federal…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Youth Employment, Federal Legislation, Labor Legislation
National Skills Coalition, 2020
Over half of jobs in the U.S. require training beyond high school but not a four-year degree. These skilled jobs are the backbone of America's economy, and filling them is critical to America's success in the 21st century. Every day, in communities coast to coast, working people, students, and families are looking for opportunities to get ahead.…
Descriptors: Job Skills, 21st Century Skills, Labor Force Development, Partnerships in Education
Campbell, Colleen; Hillman, Nicholas – Association of Community College Trustees, 2015
"A Closer Look at the Trillion: Borrowing, Repayment and Default at Iowa's Community Colleges," takes an unprecedented look at community college student borrowing and repayment behavior. The report uses data from all 16 community colleges in Iowa to examine the characteristics of borrowers and defaulters to help colleges and policymakers…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Paying for College, Student Loan Programs
Scott-Clayton, Judith – Urban Institute, 2017
The federal role in higher education has grown over the past two decades, and now a new administration has the opportunity to strengthen policies that support students and their colleges and universities. To help inform these decisions, the Urban Institute convened a bipartisan group of scholars and policy advisers to write a series of memos…
Descriptors: Tuition Grants, Federal Aid, Efficiency, Higher Education
Cahalan, Margaret W.; Addison, Marisha; Brunt, Nicole; Patel, Pooja R.; Vaughan, Terry, III; Genao, Alysia; Perna, Laura W. – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2022
In 2004 and 2005, the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education (Pell Institute), sponsored by the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), published two editions of "Indicators of Opportunity in Higher Education." In 2015, the commitment to documenting trends in higher education equity was renewed by publishing…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Higher Education, Equal Education, Educational Trends
Barnes, Mitchell; Bauer, Lauren; Edelberg, Wendy; Estep, Sara; Greenstein, Robert; Macklin, Moriah – Hamilton Project, 2021
This paper examines the U.S. social insurance system, which we define broadly to include both programs supported by dedicated taxes and other federal programs that provide income support, assistance in meeting basic needs, or services to improve economic opportunity. The paper considers the social insurance system as a whole as well as its…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Public Policy, Federal Programs, Economic Opportunities
Taliaferro, Wayne; Pham, Duy – Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success, 2017
This brief examines how California is aligning education and training opportunities for people who are currently or formerly incarcerated. It is the first report in our series "Reconnecting Justice in the States," which will explore coordinated justice, education, and workforce policy and practice at the state level. It is part of…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Social Justice, Change Strategies
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