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Governor Newsom’s proposed 2023-24 state budget includes $40.3 billion allocated for California’s higher education segments and the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC). Overall, this provides the higher education space stability amidst slow economic growth.

This month, the TICAS Michigan team asked partners, “What is the best way to connect students to supports and resources”?

The Department of Education (ED) indicated earlier this month it will conduct a negotiated rulemaking process this year to propose new regulations for distance education, among other higher education topics. One area of distance education ripe for review is the requirement that online college programs provide “regular and substantive interaction” between faculty and students....

Earning a high-quality degree generates upward mobility for college graduates, but this benefit eludes millions of students unable to complete their college education. The challenge of college completion is an old topic that requires new and targeted solutions. New reports indicate the national six-year college completion rate remains stagnant at 62 percent...

The recently adopted (although not yet funded) Cal Grant Reform Act would expand access to and strengthen California’s cornerstone financial aid program, the largest state grant aid program in the country. This follows last year’s historic expansion of the Cal Grant entitlement award to community college students regardless of age or time out of high school.

As part of its latest Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on July 28, the U.S. Department…