Throughout the 2024 campaign cycle, post-election messaging, and proposed administrative appointments, the incoming Trump Administration has sent a clear message that undermining educational access for marginalized populations will be a priority. The most direct threat has been the repeated promise of closing the federal Department of Education…

Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) emerged in the early 19th century as a response to racial segregation and exclusion that characterized American postsecondary education. Of the 105 HBCUs, 47 are closely affiliated with a Black Church whose fundraising capability exceeded that of the HBCU. A decline in federal and state support…

The financial and economic environment in which Canadian universities operate has evolved in the last two decades, which include the 2008/2009 recession, the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased reliance on international student tuition fees as a source of revenue. Financial data from the Financial Information of Universities Survey (FINUNI) can…

Advancement teams have a pivotal role in bridging the ever-widening gap in funding for higher education institutions. As this gap continues to expand, these teams have emerged as increasingly prominent players to raise philanthropic support. This research study is aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of their engagement strategies and gaining a…

As Congress negotiates the fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations package, another year of level funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) would result in more children losing access to child care, with estimates that 24,000 fewer children will have access to child care through CCDBG in FY26. The compounded impact of two years…

This chartbook presents nationally representative estimates about center-based care to children age 5 and under not yet in kindergarten, using data from the 2012 and 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE). In 2019, there were 121,000 centers providing CCEE to children age 5 and under, not yet in kindergarten. These centers may…

New data streams highlight the low levels of access to climate finance by the most climate-vulnerable countries, which struggle with conflict and displacement and call for more effective financing mechanisms. While such measures are urgent, their effectiveness and impact depend on investments in capacity development and education. In exploring…

This study examines the effort of one higher education college in China to see how it secures external funding resources to enhance its educational programs. The college is known for its success in getting external funding in addition to public revenue appropriations. The researchers took a case study approach by first reviewing the current…

Purpose: Recent reports by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have ignited a new wave of discourse regarding the future of education research and reinvigorated calls for education research to be more relevant to practice. An emerging research paradigm, continuous improvement research (CIR), responds to that debate by…

Securing external grants is essential for the nation's institutions of higher education where decreased funding for research and educational programs has triggered the imperative to find ways to supplement university budgets. However, there are many challenges that inhibit grantsmanship success, particularly for those at community colleges,…

This supplement contains additional information for the report, "Support for the Journey Home: An Impact Study of the Returning Citizens Stimulus Program." The Returning Citizens Stimulus (RCS) program was a pilot program for reentry cash support and aimed to help people quickly reach stability in their lives outside of prison and reduce…

Corruption in higher education, particularly institutional corruption, is increasingly recognised as a critical issue, though its manifestations remain underexplored. This study uses the case of Austrian public universities to explore how indicator-based funding and the employment arrangements adopted by universities under the collective…

This paper presents and discusses the relationship between the generation of research income and the REF2021 results for universities who submitted a return to Unit of Assessment 23--Education. Research Excellence Framework exercises tend to be time intensive and come with income streams of Government Quality Research funding as well as…

"Pathways to Implementation" highlights innovative strategies and effective models in career pathways policy, implementation, and programming, as well as challenges states encounter in this work. This seven-part series addresses the key elements of Bellwether's framework for career pathways policy implementation. Each brief defines the…

The rising cost of housing in California has made it increasingly difficult for teachers and other school staff to live near their places of work, exacerbating teacher shortages and staff retention challenges. In response, local educational agencies (LEAs) across the state have begun developing workforce housing to provide affordable living…