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Heritage Foundation's 2025 "Mandate for Leadership" Presents Trump Playbook for Privatizing US Education and Reducing Oversight

Higher Education Inquirer

The Heritage Foundation's 2025 Mandate for Leadership details what the next Trump Administration has in store for US higher education. Since the federal government funds a great deal of state-level bureaucracy, these measures would also reduce oversight at the state level. The Education section starts on page 319.

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FAFSA fail creates “state of emergency” in West Virginia

University Business

I encourage students to continue working to complete the FAFSA so that they can get as much money from other sources, including the federal government, as possible.” However, he expects everything to go smoothly when students begin filling out the 2024-2025 application, which should be available on Oct. 1, the Times added.

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Higher Ed Officials Express Uncertainty Amid Further FAFSA Delays

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Even before it launched, the 2024-2025 FAFSA form faced criticism for its calculations not accounting for inflation, a now-fixed issue that was part of the reason for this most recent delay. It then proceeded with its pre-announced delayed launch on Dec. 30 instead of the usual Oct.

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Updated educational attainment data show progress and gaps

Confessions of a Community College Dean

But recent findings from a year later show marked—though inequitable—progress toward the foundation’s goal that 60 percent of working-age adults in the country hold a degree or credential by 2025.

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Proponents see value in Biden's free community college plan

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Similar to previous free community college proposals, the administration is requesting $90 billion over 10 years, to start in fiscal year 2025, to fund partnerships with states and tribes to eliminate tuition and fees at community colleges for students who are attending at least half-time and making satisfactory academic progress.

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Australia asks universities to show they merit the title

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The other universities that failed to achieve 50 percent—Bond, Federation and Notre Dame Australia—are due for re-registration in 2024 or 2025. Sources say it would make little sense to demote an institution amid the federal government’s universities accord review process, which could transform the sector anyway.

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The Colbeck Scandal (South University and the Art Institutes)

Higher Education Inquirer

In 2020, South University alone received more than $200 million in US Department of Education funds: $174 million coming from federal student loans and $28 million in Pell Grants. South University was also granted more than $12 million in government covid relief--and a $50 million Main Street loan, with a $35 million balloon payment in 2025.