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GAO is out with a new report showing, after FAFSA simplification, the number of students eligible for the Pell Grant increased by 6% and the number eligible for the maximum award increased by 31% And that's despite a 2% decrease in the number of applications www.gao.gov/products/gao...

The median earnings of a high school graduate in the state is not the appropriate counterfactual for the typical cosmetology student

Come learn about some free resources to help researchers forecast RCT sample sizes, part of the broader suite of resources MDRC has made public to help researchers conduct RCTs in higher education You'll also get to see my living room the cleanest it has been since my second child was born

100%. The most common rules of thumb for meaningful effect sizes were developed prior to the empirical revolution in the social sciences, and we now know they are wildly overestimated for causal effect estimates.

Three notable fields left out of ED's final definition of professional degree programs: nurse practitioners, educators, and social workers I feel like these fields have something in common but I can't quite put a female on it

I'm surprised they didn't reverse course at least on nursing Excluding nursing is both a bad decision on the merits and politically, IMO

It is hard to imagine how IES could possibly award $300 million of research funding over the next five months Seems like we're on a clear path to a violation of the Impoundment Control Act www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Trump Sidestepped Congress on More Than $1 Billion in Ed. Spending Last YearNewly published documents show how the Ed. Dept. departed from Congress' plans.www.edweek.org

No one is talking about the group that has been hardest hit by gas prices: parents of toddlers who will only nap in the car

It's kind of astonishing that ED is taking 1-2 years to process PSLF buyback requests, and we (the courts) have tacitly said that's satisfactory fulfillment of their legal obligations While thousands of people have to put their financial lives on hold and deal with anxiety from the uncertainty

ED now says it wants to give Grad PLUS borrowers only 3 years of exemption from lifetime borrowing limits That means some PhD students could have the rug pulled out from under them Which would be a great way for ED to ensure their loans never get paid back www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Some Grad PLUS Borrowers Could Face Loan CapsAdvocates say the policy change, which is not yet final, could have significant consequences for students.www.insidehighered.com

The state funding reform bill in Illinois was not brought to a House vote this session It's a unique proposal with an emphasis on adequate and equitable funding Unsurprisingly, it has been opposed by the University of Illinois, which would benefit the least from it ipmnewsroom.org/higher-educa...

Higher education funding reform stalls in Illinois House - IPM NewsroomHundreds of students and educators rallied at the Statehouse last Thursday in support of the Equitable Public University Funding Act.ipmnewsroom.org

Reupping this because it's probably the most exciting result from a higher ed RCT at MDRC in 5+ years and it got almost no traction yesterday Colleges and states are looking for strategies to reengage "some college no degree" students These early findings suggest we've found an effective approach!

Senate Democrats introduced a resolution to overturn Trump's executive order barring loan forgiveness for borrowers who work at an employer that supports undocumented immigrants or transgender youth apnews.com/article/publ...

Democrats seek to overturn Trump's new rules for student loan forgivenessDemocrats in Congress are trying to overturn the Trump administration's changes to a student loan forgiveness program.apnews.com

New RCT findings from MDRC on a program to reenroll stopped-out community college students within 15 credits of a degree The program, REACT, includes outreach, advising, and tuition waivers Early findings show it nearly doubled reenrollment, from 11% to 21% www.mdrc.org/sites/defaul...

There are a lot of dystopian things these days, but the worst might be that McDonald's Play Places are now just tablets attached to the wall

Anyone else see stories about tuition increases and think to themselves "good--these students will now get a better education, be more likely to graduate, and probably be better off in the long-run despite a slight increase in monthly student loan payments"? kutv.com/news/eye-on-...

Utah approves tuition, fee increases at public colleges and universitiesThe Utah Board of Higher Education approved tuition and fee increases at all eight of the state’s public colleges and universities, raising costs for studentskutv.com

One of the few things that still manages to shock me is that the President and Vice-President *openly and directly* praise an authoritarian leader and talk about their desire to follow in his footsteps

A good reminder of why higher education matters beyond individual ROI

The president wants to cut annual funding to IES from $800 million to $260 million But I think you should pay very little attention to budget proposals from a president with a 40% approval rating in an election year--especially proposals that Congress already rejected last year

I would be willing to bet my savings a bill that cuts state funding by almost 50% at multiple institutions will not become law