Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law on Tuesday that will ban public colleges from funding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, continuing a nationwide push by conservatives to remove such programs from higher education. The…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Kentucky’s performance-based funding regulations are unconstitutional because of their reliance on race, Russell Coleman, the state’s attorney general, said in an opinion issued Thursday. Coleman, a Republican, said the state is using “race-exclusive terms” to…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Congress has delayed — for the fourth time — a decision to finalize the fiscal year 2024 budget by extending a continuing resolution for allocations to the U.S. Department of Education and several other agencies…
The number of female entrepreneurs in India has increased significantly in recent years, offering the opportunity for significant economic development and gender parity in the formal economy. Nevertheless, the fact that women only lead 14% of Indian enterprises showcases influential barriers that prevent women from fully engaging in entrepreneurship. Moreover, according to the sixth economic…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Community college enrollment among Black, White and Asian students increases when state governments distribute higher education funding through a hybrid model based on both previous allocations and on enrollment and performance-based incentives, a recent study…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday unveiled a 2024-25 state budget proposal that would sharply boost higher education funding, consolidate public college governance and cap tuition costs for certain students. The Democrat governor’s plan would…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A federal judge tossed out a potential class-action lawsuit last week that accused Florida of discriminating against Florida A&M University by underfunding the historically Black institution. The lawsuit, brought by students at Florida A&M, accused…
Update: Jan. 22, 2024: President Joe Biden signed the legislation for the continuing resolution on Friday. ______________________ Congress has approved a continuing resolution that delays a decision until March 8 about the final fiscal year 2024 budget for the U.S. Department of Education and several other agencies. The measure is awaiting President Joe Biden’s signature….
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Republican from Texas, introduced a legislative proposal this week that would strip colleges of federal funding if they require employees, students or applicants to write diversity, equity and inclusion statements. Colleges…