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Colleges and universities call for doubling of Pell Grant   10 April 2021 The American Council on Education has joined a broad coalition of nearly 1,200 organisations, including almost 900 colleges and universities, calling on Congress to double the maximum Pell Grant. In an open letter to Congress, the coalition members said: “This long overdue investment will drive economic recovery, help address racial and economic inequities in college completion rates and increase overall educational attainment.” The nation’s foundational investment in higher education, Pell Grants help nearly ...

Mohamed Sadek for TIME Twyla Joseph in Islip Terrace, N.Y., on Feb. 5, as her day begins The first sign that Twyla Joseph’s college application process was not going to go as planned came on March 13, 2020, when, a day before her scheduled SAT, she learned the test had been canceled. The May and June tests were also canceled as coronavirus cases surged. Joseph never got to take the admissions test. She barely knows her high school teachers now that she takes all her classes online at home in Islip Terrace, N.Y. She missed out on seasons of varsity cross-country and ...

The House on Wednesday sent President Biden a massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, which includes an additional $40 billion in aid for the nation’s colleges and universities. Biden in a statement said he will sign the bill Friday. The money for higher education, also passed by the Senate Saturday, would surpass the $14 billion colleges and universities received in

Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Congress is poised to send another $40 billion in aid to the nation’s colleges and universities after the Senate approved a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill Saturday. The House is expected to pass the measure -- which contains the largest infusion of help to higher education approved by Congress during the pandemic -- as soon as Tuesday, sending it to President Biden for his signature. Biden called the Senate’s passage of the bill “historic” and a “giant step forward” in providing help to Americans during the pandemic. The money will be distr...

College of Liberal Arts 04 Mar, 2021 Professor Roze Hentschell was selected for the 2021-22 class of the ACE Fellows Program, the longest-running leadership development program in the United States. Professor Roze Hentschell, a scholar of early modern literature and culture and associate dean for academic programs in the College of Liberal Arts at Colorado State University, has been selected as one of 52 emerging college and university leaders for the 2021-22 class of the  American Council on Education Fellows Program. Formed in 1965, the ACE Fellows Program is the longest-running leader...