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Despite continued evidence showing benefits of a college degree, many Americans appear to be losing faith in higher education. On 12/7, experts from The Brookings Institution, Georgetown University, Harvard University, UT Austin, & NYT Magazine ask: Is college still worth it? Register -> brookings.edu/events/is-coll…

NEW: Driven by increases in enrollment and the availability of uncapped loans, graduate student loans are the fastest growing portion of federal student loan debt. Our new report with American Enterprise Institute & EducationCounsel dives into crisis and offers bipartisan solutions: bit.ly/47NJlXg

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 The Education Department Brown University invites applications for a one-year visiting Assistant Professor in urban education policy with expertise in race and politics to begin August 2024. apply.interfolio.com/138392

In newly published nation-wide audit of charter sch principals Sebastian Jilke 🤖 & I find: 1) Black moms face more admin burdens than White moms 2) when positive performance signal is included, racial disparity diminishes Read more in Nature Scientific Reports: nature.com/articles/s4159…

Colleges won't be getting students' FAFSAs until "first half of March," yet another delay for students and institutions. ed.gov/news/press-rel…

The #SREE2024 conference is now accepting proposals, due April 3rd. Looking forward to reading your postsecondary proposals this spring!

School counselors are essential to helping students access financial aid and they need more capacity to support students through the new FAFSA process, argues Katharine Meyer. brookings.edu/articles/schoo…

I’m proud to share our Office of the Chief Economist at U.S. Department of Education now has a place to share independent staff research, dedicated to building a rigorous evidence base on how ED’s various programs serve students. Lots of great work from the team to come! sites.ed.gov/ous/office-of-…

The U.S. Department of Education found a calculation error on hundreds of thousands of FAFSA applications. Katharine Meyer emphasizes the crucial role of school counselors in helping students access financial aid and navigating the revised FAFSA process effectively. brookings.edu/articles/schoo…

My story: How #FAFSA delays, errors, and just-discovered data discrepancies are making it hard for financial-aid officers to do their jobs. tinyurl.com/4t3sw3u5

After much ado, I’m excited to release the last research brief in our first-gen deep-dive series! Here, we ask: what more can we learn about students when we look directly at more detailed parental degree groups instead of coarser first-gen status? (1/11) commonapp.org/files/23-24_Co…

Submissions are usually ~7% larger than completions. Right now they are *30%* larger, likely due to a continued inability to correct FAFSAs with errors. The submission/completion gap will close, but students will have to touch the form again to do so. ncan.org/news/669477/Ne…

Tomorrow Sec. Cardona goes before the House to present the Biden administration's FY 25 ED budget. Brookings Brown Center scholars reflect on the budget proposal and what the research says about these initiatives: brookings.edu/articles/brown…

Terrific night hearing from Anthony Abraham Jack about his forthcoming book “Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price.” Thanks for the invite, Wheelock Educational Policy Center!

Republican lawmakers have expanded private-school choice programs to allow nearly all students access to public funding to attend private schools. Jon Valant and co-authors examine who is actually benefiting from these scholarships in Arizona. brookings.edu/articles/arizo…

The class of 2024's FAFSA progress slowed in the most recent data. After a month of 2+% gains, seniors gained just 1.3% between 5/10 and 5/17. The submissions/completions ratio is also setting around 7%, as in previous years. ncanfafsatracker.org

At 7pm ET, Benjamin Wittes, Anna Bower, Quinta Jurecic, Tyler McBrien, and Roger Parloff will discuss the guilty verdict returned in the NYC hush money and election interference trial against former President Trump. Tune in here: youtube.com/live/yx-Nz-Flq…

Education still closes the income inequality gap. Four-year college graduates from low-income families with similar 10th grade math scores as four-year college graduates from higher-income families, on average, end up with similar post-college earnings. Annenberg Institute at Brown EdTrust