Biden proposes free community college, Pell Grant increases in FY25 budget

Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education would receive $82 billion in discretionary funding under President Joe Biden’s budget proposal for fiscal 2025, a 3.9% increase from fiscal 2023. The plan, released Monday, would also establish a … Read more

New Mexico to establish $959M higher ed fund supporting free tuition

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief:  New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill last week that establishes a $959 million fund to support free college tuition for state residents.  The trust fund will be the largest dedicated to higher … Read more

Albert Einstein College of Medicine will go tuition free after $1B donation

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York, will offer free tuition following a $1 billion donation from its board chair — a gift the institution called the largest ever to an American medical school.  … Read more

Florida university system hits back at free speech lawsuits brought by SJP chapters

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief:  Florida higher education leaders are defending themselves against two lawsuits filed by campus chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine that allege the officials violated their free speech rights.  The lawsuits center on an October … Read more