budget & appropriations Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/budget-appropriations/ A Blog by ACE Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:52:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png budget & appropriations Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/budget-appropriations/ 32 32 Addressing Funding Disparities to Advance Equity in Community Colleges https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/01/08/addressing-funding-disparities-to-advance-equity-in-community-colleges/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:52:34 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=18052 Title: Variation in Community College Funding Levels: A Focus on Equity Authors: Sandy Baum and Jason Cohn Source: The Urban Institute Community colleges play a critical role in expanding access to higher education, enrolling 44 percent of all U.S. public undergraduate students. But concerns about uneven and inadequate funding for these institutions relative to public four-year colleges are widespread. A new ...

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]]> Rectifying Funding Disparities for Black Land-Grant Institutions https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/08/10/rectifying-funding-disparities-for-black-land-grant-institutions/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 20:10:46 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17995 Title: Nourishing the Nation While Starving: The Underfunding of Black Land-Grant Colleges and Universities Author: Denise A. Smith Source: The Century Foundation A new report from the Century Foundation highlights the underfunding of the nation’s Black land-grant colleges and universities, as Congress has the opportunity to increase funding and improve equity for these institutions through renewal of the federal Farm Bill ...

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]]> Issue Brief Highlights the Legacy of Underfunding HBCUs https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/11/04/issue-brief-highlights-the-legacy-of-underfunding-hbcus/ Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:54:56 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17862 Title: The State of Higher Education Funding: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Source: The Hunt Institute  Although enrollment is not limited to Black students, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have served a critical role in the advancement and development of Americans who have been underrepresented in traditional higher education pathways. The Hunt Institute recently released an issue brief highlighting ...

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]]> New Report Evaluates Student and Campus Experiences With Federal COVID Relief Funding https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/10/17/new-report-evaluates-student-and-campus-experiences-with-federal-covid-relief-funding/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 15:10:58 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17855 Title: Evaluating Student and Institutional Experiences With HEERF Source: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, and HCM Strategists A new report evaluates the administration of federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) dollars across three rounds of distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic. For their analysis, NASFAA, NASPA, and HCM Strategists surveyed both ...

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]]> Annual SHEEO Report Sheds Light on State of State Higher Education Finance https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/06/30/annual-sheeo-report-sheds-light-on-state-of-state-higher-education-finance/ Thu, 30 Jun 2022 18:18:19 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17826 Title: State Higher Education Finance Report – Fiscal Year 2021 Authors: Sophia Laderman and Kelsey Kunkle   Source: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) recently released its annual State Higher Education Finance Report for fiscal year 2021. SHEEO’s stated purpose of this report is to “broaden understanding of the context and consequences ...

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]]> Six Months of CARES Act Spending https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/02/22/six-months-cares-act-spending/ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:07:04 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=17424 Title: The State of Higher Education Spending From the CARES Act Authors: Marshall Anthony Jr. and Marissa Navarro Source: Center for American Progress URL: The State of Higher Education Spending From the CARES Act – Center for American Progress A new report from the Center for American Progress examines federal CARES Act spending by colleges and universities, between March and November ...

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]]> Heading Towards Last Place: New Report Documents Decline in U.S. Research Funding https://www.higheredtoday.org/2019/10/30/heading-towards-last-place-new-report-documents-decline-u-s-research-funding/ Wed, 30 Oct 2019 14:02:21 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=15910 Title: U.S. Funding for University Research Continues to Slide Authors: Robert D. Atkinson and Caleb Foote Source: Information Technology and Innovation Foundation A new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation provides an overview of the ongoing decline of federal and state funding for university research. Citing data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), from 2013 to ...

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]]> Digital Tool Examines State Financial Aid Programs Across the Nation https://www.higheredtoday.org/2019/06/25/examination-state-financial-aid-programs-across-nation/ Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:57:13 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=15174 Title: 50-State Comparison: Need- and Merit-Based Financial Aid Source: Education Commission of the States Author: Sarah Pingel The Education Commission of the States recently released a tool that examines the two largest financial aid programs offered in each state. The tool includes state-level information on the type of financial aid program, the criteria used to determine financial aid eligibility, whether students ...

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]]> Federal Research Funding for Colleges and Universities: The Role of Indirect Costs https://www.higheredtoday.org/2019/06/12/federal-research-funding-colleges-universities-role-indirect-costs/ Wed, 12 Jun 2019 14:43:40 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=15131 Facilities and administrative (F&A) costs have received ongoing scrutiny from President Trump and Congress during the annual budget and appropriations process. The president has regularly called for caps to be placed on F&A reimbursements for research grants, particularly for National Institutes of Health and Department of Agriculture grants. Congressional appropriators have generally overruled the president’s requests; however, his proposals do have ...

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]]> Meeting the Funding Needs of Community Colleges https://www.higheredtoday.org/2019/05/01/meeting-funding-needs-community-colleges/ Wed, 01 May 2019 15:32:21 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=14960 Title: Recommendations for Providing Community Colleges with the Resources They Need Source: The Century Foundation A new report by The Century Foundation discusses the true cost of community college education, current funding gaps, and the steps policymakers can take to overcome those gaps. The report identifies the need for enhanced funding and detailed evaluation metrics that can identify how best to improve ...

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]]> State Higher Ed Funding Halfway Back to Pre-recession Levels https://www.higheredtoday.org/2019/04/15/report-state-higher-ed-funding-halfway-back-pre-recession-levels/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:00:06 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=14846 Title: State Higher Education Finance Report Source: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) recently released their annual State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report, which finds that state and local higher education funding has recovered only partially from the 2008 recession. The report covers trends in enrollment, appropriations, and other revenue generated in ...

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]]> AASCU Releases Top 10 Higher Education State Policy Issues for 2019 https://www.higheredtoday.org/2019/02/04/aascu-releases-top-10-higher-education-state-policy-issues-2019/ Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:23:18 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=14345 Title: Top 10 Higher Education State Policy Issues for 2019 Author: AASCU Government Relations and Policy Analysis Division Source: American Association of State Colleges and Universities The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) has released its top 10 higher education state policy issues for 2019. The brief predicts a more optimistic state policy landscape in 2019 due to factors such ...

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