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The $62 billion proposal is a part of Biden’s American Families Plan, released last week, which includes a total of $290 billion in higher education spending to offer tuition-free community college, support for historically Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions, and increased Pell Grant awards. According to a fact sheet for the plan, states, territories and tribes would receive grant funding to allocate to colleges "that adopt innovative, proven solutions for student success," including wraparound services, emergency basic needs grants and transfer agreements between coll...

POLITICO Get the New York Playbook PM newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by New Yorkers United for Justice Scott Stringer is denying accusations of sexual assault and harassment in what has become a grim refrain in New York politics. Jean Kim, a lobbyist who said she was a former intern on Stringer...

Credit: Adam Schultz/Official White House Photo President Joe Biden delivers remarks on March 23, 2021, at the Arthur James Cancer Hospital and the Richard Solove Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio. Credit: Adam Schultz/Official White House Photo President Joe Biden delivers remarks on March 23, 2021, at the Arthur James Cancer Hospital and the Richard Solove Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio. April 28, 2021 This story was updated to include a quote from President Joe Biden's speech and comments from college leaders. As one of the leaders in offering free community college tuition to...

Economy, finance, and budgets The City University of New York faces a financial crisis comparable with the one that rocked it in the 1990s. Now, as then, the catalyst is a massive shortfall in state and city budgets. Combined, the governments of New York State and New York City, other local governments, and transportation authorities project a $59 billion shortfall into 2022—one of the deepest budget holes in the country. CUNY’s only salvation is to reduce its dependence on state funding, just as the nation’s most successful public universities started doing long ago. But how to do that...

‘You just have to keep going’: Mom's advice after getting COVID-19, finishing nursing school Liz Willen, The Hechinger Report 5 tips to stay safe at college during COVID-19 UP NEXT NEW YORK – As she struggled through yet another difficult class, Marleny Hernandez felt her dream of becoming a nurse slipping away – again. She was halfway through a two-year associate degree program at Borough of Manhattan Community College. Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, already had overcome an array of obstacles on her nearly five-year journey. “No m...