The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that a legislative alternative to President Obama's plan to end student lending through the Federal Family Education Loan Program would save about $75 billion, several billion less than the administration's plan, Congress Daily reported. The alternative is similar to one put forward [...]
"States are current facing one of the worst, if not the worst, fiscal periods since the Great Depression." With that downbeat assessment, the National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers introduced their semi-annual "Fiscal Survey of States," which projects continued declines in tax revenues driving [...]
Many European universities lack the autonomy they need to excel, according to a new report by the European Universities Association. The report notes that most governments voice support for autonomy (and cut back on the share of budgets they provide), but said that, in many cases, too much government [...]
Nevada chancellor mulls whether community colleges, strained by recession and budget crises, should limit enrollments to ensure success for more students.
[...]From today's editorial in the Orlando Sentinel:
Voters have realized the goal of shrinking class sizes. But at the cost of punching school bus-sized holes in the state budget - and without enough evidence that lower class sizes led to improved scholastic performance. Lawmakers must act to loosen the financial [...]
Ninety-one percent of faculty members at California State University Stanislaus voted no confidence last week in President Ham Shirvani, The Modesto Bee reported. Faculty leaders stressed that frustration with the president extends beyond the current budget problems in the state. They said that there have been problems with financial [...]
With the State University of New York facing significant budget cuts, some legislators and others are questioning spending on big-time athletics, The New York Times reported. SUNY was late among public universities in moving to Division I athletics, lifting a ban on athletic scholarships in 1986 for the four [...]
Beshear asks some agencies to plan for 6 percent cuts this year: Gov. Steve Beshear notified some state agencies Friday to plan for 6 percent cuts to their current budgets to make up for an estimated $161 million revenue shortfall this fiscal year. However, many of the state's major spending [...]
Students took over the Science and Engineering Library at the University of California at Santa Cruz Friday night to keep it open that night and Saturday -- as had been the case before budget cuts limited its hours. A statement from the students said: "We realize that this one action" [...]
Teachers are selling lesson plans online, reports the New York Times.
While some of this extra money is going to buy books and classroom supplies in a time of tight budgets, the new teacher-entrepreneurs are also spending it on dinners out, mortgage payments, credit card bills, vacation travel and even [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
New Mexico Lawmaker Proposes Budget [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
New Mexico Lawmaker Proposes Budget [...]
That's according to final guidelines, released yesterday by the U.S. Department of Education. The "notice inviting applications" says on Page 30 that the USDOE developed "nonbinding budget ranges" to help states shape their proposals. Florida, California, New York and Texas are in Category I, which means they should [...]
The hardest hit public universities have eliminated staff and contingent faculty slots, but still have "strategic" thinking to do about the long term, an association survey finds.
[...]Poll data released Wednesday night suggest that most Californians do not see the budget crises facing their higher education systems as endangering their quality. The poll, conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California found that while strong majorities believe state budget cuts (70 percent) and overall affordability (57 percent) [...]
REVERSE FIELD TRIP: The Tampa Bay History Center brings artifacts and lessons to schools, such as Oakstead Elementary in Pasco, as districts scale back their field trip budgets. (Times photo, Michele Miller)
WHAT'S IN A NAME? A selection committee narrows the naming possibilities for Hernando's [...]
Two big-name Obama administration officials, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Melody Barnes, a top White House education adviser, will be speaking at the Harlem Children's Zone conference in New York.
The speeches will almost certainly showcase the Obama administration's budget proposal to create a Promise Neighborhoods program, which [...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
As Enrollment Grows in Utah, Budget Shrinks[...]
At Ed Money Watch, we discuss and analyze major issues affecting education funding. In our Friday News Roundup, we try to highlight interesting stories that might otherwise get overlooked. These stories emphasize how federal and state policy changes can affect local schools and districts.
As Enrollment Grows in Utah, Budget Shrinks[...]
For whom do the (wedding) bells toll? (Washington Post Reliable Source)
When a university says “Everything is on the table” during budget cuts, could that possibly mean athletics? (San Francisco Chronicle)
Is it time for an Office of Consumer Protection—for higher ed? (American Progress)
"Without you saying anything to them, they will believe that they are responsible for making big decisions about budget matters, school policies, hiring of the principal and dozens of other matters."
Imagine charter schools CEO Dennis Bakke in a recently revealed email about how to pick and manipulate charter boards. ([...]
Denver-- "This is another sign of the culture war between faculty and IT," said a vice president for technology and administration at a medium-sized state university. The official, musing after a session on budget crises here at the Educause 2009 technology meeting, said professors fought hard to keep "low performing" [...]
The school funding crisis is “phony,” writes James Guthrie, a professor of public policy and education at Vanderbilt, in Education Next. Chicken Little reporters highlight “budgetary shortfalls, school district bankruptcies, teacher and administrator layoffs, hiring and salary freezes, pension system defaults, shorter school years, ever-larger classes, faculty furloughs, fewer [...]
Education Department said Massachusetts did not break stimulus rules AP
The
department's inspector general had singled out Massachusetts and two
other states, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, for using stimulus dollars
to plug budget holes instead of boosting aid for schools.
Two-thirds of public institutions report reductions, ending years in which information technology costs grew steadily.
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