News from Washington November 2022
In 2020 and 2021, when most colleges went to remote and virtual learning due to the pandemic, it was not surprising that higher education enrollment declined in the United States
Peggy (Dr. Margaret) Sands Orchowski Ph.D. has been the credentialed Congressional Correspondent for the Hispanic Outlook on Higher Education magazine in Washington DC since 2006. Her new book “The Law That Changed the Face of America: the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965” was published by Rowman & Littlefield in September in time for the 50th anniversary of its signing.
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In 2020 and 2021, when most colleges went to remote and virtual learning due to the pandemic, it was not surprising that higher education enrollment declined in the United States
How much a student debtor would be forgiven would depend on their loan totals, their degree types and their future prospective income.
Another big Supreme Court case affecting college students is just months away from being heard and decided.
Red-Flag Gun Laws Pushed by Hispanic Congressman Salud Carbajal
Now ten years and three presidents later, Congress never passed a law giving legal status to DACA recipients (now about 600,000) and DREAMERs (over 2 million).
Early last year, it seemed that free community college tuition and student loan forgiveness would be slam dunk achievements for the newly inaugurated President Biden.
April was not a good month for Hispanic cabinet members and major agency Secretaries appointed by President Biden
In 2021, enrollment of undergraduate men fell by nearly 7 percent -- nearly three times lower than female enrollment, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education report called “Missing Males.”
Federal pandemic relief funding stemmed some bleeding for colleges, but that money will run out in 2023.
The new theme for Hispanics in 2022 on Capitol Hill may well be that they represent the diversity of America in every way -- the ultimate American.
"Biden hasn't been very keen on forgiveness from the start, so I suspect the chances are low."
