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$50M TRIO Grants? ED Gives States a Leg Up in College Access Program

$50M TRIO Grants? ED Gives States a Leg Up in College Access Program Ryan Quinn Thu, 06/04/2026 - 03:00 AM The Trump administration is preferencing state...

Persistence, Retention Among Black and Hispanic Freshmen Reach Decade Highs

Persistence, Retention Among Black and Hispanic Freshmen Reach Decade Highs gianna.jakubowski Thu, 06/25/2026 - 03:00 AM While persistence and retention...

Education Department Reallocates Minority-Serving Institution Funds Again

Education Department Reallocates Minority-Serving Institution Funds Again Sara Weissman Fri, 05/22/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s)...

Wisconsin high court agrees that race-based college retention grants must go

Wisconsin must stop awarding small-dollar grants to help deter students from dropping out of college under a program available only to specific racial and ethnic groups, the Wiscon...

The Strengthening Institutions Program Grows at MSIs’ Expense

The Strengthening Institutions Program Grows at MSIs’ Expense Sara Weissman Fri, 05/29/2026 - 03:00 AM The Trump administration gutted minority-serving i...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down State Grant for Minority Students

Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down State Grant for Minority Students Sara Weissman Wed, 06/24/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s)...

Wisconsin Supreme Court ends minority college grants

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules minority-only college grants violate the state Constitution, ending a program that awarded aid to students of color. The post Wisconsin Supreme Court...

Wisconsin Supreme Court: Minority Grant Program Unconstitutional

The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that U.S. Supreme Court precedent rendered a 41-year-old program unconstitutional because the legislature lacked data to show a compelling need for...

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules college minority grant program unconstitutional

Can Mandatory Support Keep Students Enrolled?

Can Mandatory Support Keep Students Enrolled? Joshua.Bay Mon, 07/13/2026 - 03:00 AM Ferrum College’s STAR program requires struggling students to partici...

Scholarship cheques distributed among minority students

Minnesota Lawmakers Leave $131 Million Student Aid Shortfall Unfixed As Session Ends

Minnesota's $131M State Grant shortfall could cut aid for 88,000 students and strip grants from 18,000 if lawmakers don't act. The post Minnesota Lawmakers Leave $131 Million Stude...

Mississippi Facing Financial Aid Shortfall

Mississippi Facing Financial Aid Shortfall Johanna Alonso Thu, 07/02/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Johanna Alonso

Will Race-Based Scholarships Survive?

Will Race-Based Scholarships Survive? Sara Weissman Mon, 06/15/2026 - 03:00 AM Colleges and funders are replacing race-based scholarships with race-neutr...

Minnesota Launches Graduate Student Loan Program

Minnesota Launches Graduate Student Loan Program gianna.jakubowski Wed, 06/17/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Gianna Jakubowsk...

Pell Recipients Face Higher Food Insecurity

Pell Recipients Face Higher Food Insecurity Joshua.Bay Tue, 06/02/2026 - 03:00 AM New analysis from the Institute for Higher Education Policy reveals tha...

Russ Berrie Foundation makes $500K gift to Ramapo College to help retain first-generation students

Ramapo College of New Jersey has received a $500,000 gift from the Russell Berrie Foundation to support first-generation student retention through scholarships and expanded support...

Persistence rate tops 77%, the highest level in a decade, report finds

New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center also showed that Black and Hispanic persistence rates reached decade highs.

Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

A group of taxpayers challenged Wisconsin’s Minority Undergraduate Retention Grant Program, arguing that limiting eligibility based on race, ancestry, national origin, and alienage...

Free Tuition for Adult Community College Learners

Free Tuition for Adult Community College Learners Joshua.Bay Mon, 06/29/2026 - 03:00 AM A Milken Institute report finds tuition support for adult learner...

Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down minority scholarship program

Promoting diversity in the student body and improving retention rates for some minority students isn’t a sufficient reason for the state to award scholarships based on race, the st...

UNO Intensive English Program Announces Liesl Wanzenried Memorial Scholarship

The University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Intensive English Program is continuing the Liesl Wanzenried Memorial Scholarship, which honors the legacy of a dedicated advocate for interna...

PASSHE Commits to Covering Remaining Tuition for Low-Income Students

PASSHE Commits to Covering Remaining Tuition for Low-Income Students jessica.blake@… Fri, 07/10/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s)...

$46M extension secured for Native Hawaiian education

The US Department of Education has started the process to extend $46 million for the Native Hawaiian Education Program, which will provide early learning services, home visiting, w...