Tag: ed funding

July 6, 2021

Supporters of the proposed legislation have promoted it by referencing a 2014 report from the Higher Education Finance Commission, a group including college presidents, lawmakers and other education officials that studied the state’s higher education funding model. The commission found […]

March 23, 2021

Roughly $1.9 billion in federal relief funding is helping states keep higher education appropriations flat in fiscal 2021, SHEEO’s analysis found. Without federal help, however, state support for higher education would have declined by $1.7 billion. Around 70% of states […]

May 13, 2020

Congress designated roughly $14 billion for higher education in its prior aid package, an amount the American Council on Education (ACE), the sector’s leading lobbyist, deemed “woefully inadequate.” Most of that money went to institutions to defray coronavirus-related expenses, though […]

February 28, 2020

Private equity and venture funds have invested record sums into the global education sector—$30 billion in the past five years across K-12 and workplace learning. Since 2017, investment has accelerated with $14 billion allocated, according to research firm HolonIQ. Despite […]

December 18, 2019

The provisions also include a historic $25 million for gun violence research, the first funding for the cause since 1996. The amount allocated is half the amount the House approved earlier this year. Additionally, funding would increase for community schools […]