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Authors: Alberto Guzman-Alvarez (University of Pittsburgh), Lindsay C. Page (University of Pittsburgh) This study was published today in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Main Findings: The institutional compliance costs of the FAFSA verification mandate in 2014 totaled nearly $500 million, with the burden falling disproportionately on public institutions and community colleges in particular. Twenty-two percent of an average community college's financial aid office operating budget is devoted to verification procedures, compared to 15 percent at public four-year institutions and 1 p...

Author: Paul Bruno (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) This study was presented today at the American Educational Research Association's 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting. Main Findings: The adoption of a school funding system in California that increased revenues for schools enrolling higher-need students led to an increase in the rate at which charter schools enrolled low-income students. This effect was concentrated among charter schools initially enrolling low-income students at relatively low rates, suggesting that some charters "cream skim" high achieving, wealthier students, but tha...

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Daily Post Nigeria Published Omoyele Sowore, the convener of Revolution Now on Tuesday stormed the Abuja Magistrate Court in company of a witch-doctor. Sowore, a former presidential candidate in the last general election was arrested by the police for leading a protest against bad governance on New Year Eve in Abuja. The activist and others were arraigned on three charges of criminal conspiracy, unlawful assembly, and attempting to incite others. In January 2021, the Magistrates’ court sitting in Wuse Zone II, Abuja, had admitted Sowore and four others bail in the sum of N20 million each. S...

BudgIT calls out states yet to publish COVID-19 expenditures Published BudgIT has urged States in the country to publish their expenditures on COVID-19 response. A statement signed by its Communications Associate, Iyanu Fatoba, said the breakdown of COVID-19 expenditures will promote transparency and accountability in public space. Fatoba on Tuesday decried States’ refusal to publish their COVID-19 expenditures, saying that it makes it impossible for Nigerians to track, monitor and ask relevant questions regarding spendings. ”It has become more expedient to monitor all donations and disbu...