Strengthen Public Higher Ed with Targeted Relief. Education and Training. Policy Brief

Autor/inn/en	van Lier, Piet; Hopcroft, April
Institution	Policy Matters Ohio
Titel	Strengthen Public Higher Ed with Targeted Relief. Education and Training. Policy Brief
Quelle	(2020), (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Federal Legislation; Federal Aid; Pandemics; Higher Education; Educational Finance; Emergency Programs; Resource Allocation; Public Colleges; Universities; Retrenchment; Expenditure per Student; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bundesrecht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsfonds; Hilfsprogramm; Ressourcenallokation; University; Universität
Abstract	The coronavirus pandemic has emptied campuses and left many students facing an uncertain educational future. Particularly vulnerable are Black and Latinx students, who are significantly more likely than whites to report that they have canceled or changed their education plans during the pandemic. The $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security (CARES) Act included $14 billion in the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) to support public and private postsecondary schools. Advocates have expressed concern that new federal relief being negotiated in Congress could incentivize reopening schools rather than providing financial relief and assistance needed to keep them from going under. HEERF's formula allocates 75% of its funding based on the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate students receiving Pell Grants, the federal student aid program for low-income students, and 25% based on the number of non-Pell Grant FTE, including graduate students. The weight for Pell recipients favors low-income students, providing a badly needed focus on equity. The law also requires that at least half of all HEERF allocations to institutions are regranted to qualifying students. The HEERF formula provides relief to public and private schools out of the same fund and treats them equally, even though federal and state governments have more responsibility for public schools, and public postsecondary schools educate many more students, more affordably, than do private schools. In addition, the formula's reliance on FTE instead of headcount, another official enrollment measure, has driven HEERF funding disproportionately to private for-profit schools. These schools charge more in tuition than similarly focused public institutions and typically lead to poorer outcomes for graduates. This policy brief examines Ohio cuts to public higher education; disproportionate distribution of CARES Act formula funds; CARES Act aid for minority serving institutions; Ohio's use of discretionary CARES Act dollars; and the impact on Federal Work Study students. Recommendations at the federal and state levels conclude the brief. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01