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Tag: department of education

Posted inEducation

White House Announces Resources Guarding Against Threats to HBCUs

by Brenda C. Siler March 18, 2022March 18, 2022

Thirty-six historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have received bomb threats against their campuses since February 1, 2022. HBCUs are now eligible for grant funding under the Project School Emergency […]

Posted inEducation

Education Department Probing 5 States for Ban of Mask Mandates

by WI Guest Author August 31, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inEducation

Biden Admin to Extend Student Loan Pause Through January

by WI Guest Author August 9, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inEducation, Politics, Stacy M. Brown

Biden Nominates Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary

by Stacy M. Brown December 23, 2020December 21, 2021
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

KING/MORIAL: Advocate for a Racial Justice Agenda at the U.S. Department of Education

by WI Guest Author December 15, 2020December 21, 2021
Incoming freshman at Howard University in Northwest kick off their school year with an event at Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel on Aug. 11. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inEducation

Education Dept. Restores Howard U. to Advanced Payment System

by WI Guest Author January 7, 2020December 21, 2021
Stuart Anderson got his college education while at Lorton Reformatory partially through Pell Grants. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inCommunity

Bills Pushing Pell Grants for Inmates Elicit Positive Reaction

by James Wright Jr. December 18, 2019December 21, 2021
Betsy DeVos (Courtesy of whitehouse.gov)
Posted inJulianne Malveaux, Op-Ed, Opinion

MALVEAUX: Unfit, Unprepared, Unworthy — Betsy Devoid and the Department of Education

by WI Guest Author April 10, 2019October 31, 2020
Betsy DeVos
Posted inCharlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

Proposal Calls for $62B in Education Cuts; Key College Aid Could Be Slashed

by WI Guest Author March 28, 2019October 31, 2020
Betsy DeVos
Posted inFinancial Literacy

DeVos Hid Student Loan Repayment Abuses for 18 Months

by WI Guest Author November 28, 2018October 31, 2020

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