Funding
U.S. Department of Education Looks to Rewrite Gainful Employment Regulations
Changes could require more programs to report student debt and earnings data while also limiting sanctions for underperforming programs.
New York Times: Middle-Class Families Increasingly Look to Community Colleges
With college prices in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, more middle-class families are looking for ways to spend less for quality education.
The Future of Statewide College Promise Programs
In the past few years, dozens of states, localities, and schools have proposed or enacted “free college” policies, also known as College Promise programs.
A Breakdown of the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success and Prosperity Through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act | Title I & II
The bill passed out of committee on a party-line vote and may be considered by the full House early this year.
New Report: Five Ways To Finance College Promise Programs
A new report from the College Promise Campaign and ETS describes five financial sustainability models for College Promise programs.
Merging of Savings Accounts Proposed for College Funding
Children’s savings accounts and college promise initiatives could be stronger if the two funding mechanisms for higher education were merged together, a professor argues.
