SS Higher Education Trends

ACE: Student outcomes at MSIs improve with full funding

Public minority-serving institutions can graduate students in greater numbers if they get the federal money they're eligible for, a new report found.

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Education Department reopens IDR student loan plan applications

The American Federation of Teachers sued the agency this month for blocking access to the congressionally mandated repayment options.

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House passes bill to lower foreign reporting threshold to $50K

The legislation, known as the Deterrent Act, would also require colleges to report all foreign gifts and contracts with “countries of concern,” such as China.

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University at Albany decarbonization project eyes 16% cut in fossil fuel consumption

With geothermal wells, heat recovery and chiller replacements, the university will be able to shut off its gas-fired boilers during the summer, it said.

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