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Omaha World-Herald
Nebraska will reap $5 billion — and probably much more — from federal stimulus bill
How massive is the $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package signed recently by President Joe Biden? Here’s some Nebraska-size perspective. Those $1,400 payments going directly to individuals are bringing $2.3 billion into the state, equal to almost 6% of what Nebraskans spent last year on all taxable purchases.
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EdSource
California’s colleges and universities will receive $5 billion from federal rescue plan
California higher education leaders are celebrating President Joe Biden’s signing of the American Rescue Plan Act and the resulting $5 billion that is expected to benefit the state’s colleges and students. Some public university campuses in the state will each receive more than $100 million, with CSU Northridge expected to be on top with about…
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Bloomberg Government
Colleges Want Congress to Double Aid to Low-Income Students
College lobby groups launched a campaign on Thursday for lawmakers to double the total value of grants to low-income students. Pell Grants once covered two-thirds of the total cost of a four-year college, but rising college costs have eroded the value of the grant. The maximum Pell award—$6,345 this academic year—covers less than a third…
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Inside Higher Ed
Schools of Agriculture Need Substantial Building Upgrades
Facilities at many schools of agriculture are in desperate need of repair, according to a study from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities released Thursday. Schools of agriculture that are authorized for funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture need a combined $11.5 billion in repairs and renovations to their buildings and supporting facilities.
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Research and Development World
Four senators reintroduce legislation to support U.S. research community impacted by the pandemic
Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today introduced the Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act to authorize nearly $25 billion in support to U.S. researchers who have been impacted by the pandemic.
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Inside Higher Ed
Top Higher Education Post
In nominating James Kvaal to be under secretary of education — the nation’s top official on policies affecting colleges and universities — the Biden administration has selected a longtime education policy expert who has focused on increasing access for low-income and other underrepresented students.
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Boston Business Journal
Another $97 billion? Putting higher ed’s latest request for Covid-19 relief in context
Fresh off a $23 billion round of federal stimulus — on top of the roughly $14 billion already received last spring — higher ed’s lobbyists are back for more, some $97 billion more to be precise. That’s the latest dollar request to come from colleges and universities desperate for more financial backing as they weather…
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Chemical and Engineering News
Immigration stays prominent—with an attitude change
President Joe Biden has honed in on immigration reform as one of the keystone issues for his new administration, a move that has clear fans in the science community. On his first day in office, Biden issued several executive orders halting curbs on immigration instituted by former president Donald J. Trump.
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Science Magazine
Biden breaks new ground with science team picks
In picking a science team of prominent researchers who have extensive knowledge of the federal government, President Joe Biden has signaled that science would play an elevated role in his administration. At a 16 January press conference, Biden formally introduced mathematician and geneticist Eric Lander to be both director of the White House Office of…
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Chronicle of Higher Education
The Heavy Cost of an Empty Campus
Well before Covid-19, Ed Walton, a top finance official at the University of South Carolina, would convene colleagues to plan for the future. Pressured by lower state appropriations, the university needed to expand enrollment and reduce costs. But over the years, the conversations would sometimes spin out to extreme hypotheticals. What if students didn’t show…
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