Funds for College Completion Are Essential for Educational Equity
October 25, 2021 by Reid Setzer Recent reports indicate that negotiations for the congressional reconciliation bill, the Build Back Better Act, are nearing completion. The draft bill includes several key measures to make the U.S. educational…
Jim Crow Debt
October 20, 2021 by Jalil B. Mustaffa, Ph.D., Jonathan Davis Student debt has been a crisis for years, and the pandemic has only exacerbated matters for many borrowers. This is especially true for Black borrowers, who are among those most negatively affected by student loans.
Black Student Loan Borrowers: College Debt Is Lifetime Sentence That Widens Racial Wealth Gap
October 20, 2021 by EdTrust (WASHINGTON) – A new research brief from The Education Trust shows that the student debt crisis places an especially heavy burden on Black Americans with student loans. Jim Crow Debt:…
Build Back Better Act Is a Major Step Forward for Education Equity
October 15, 2021 by Reid Setzer The Build Back Better Act contains several exciting and essential investments in early childhood education, school nutrition, higher education, and educator preparation systems that would greatly improve and reshape how…
Joint Letter Supporting Inclusion of America’s College Promise in the Build Back Better Act
October 13, 2021 by EdTrust The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker US House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Patty Murray Chairwoman Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington,…
Lowering This Inequitable Hurdle to Affording College is a No-Brainer
October 09, 2021 by Brittani Williams While colleges and universities contemplate how they will evolve as a consequence of the pandemic, we believe one change certainly needs to happen before students even enroll. It’s time to…
Putting Pell Restoration, Building Tables, and Freeing Minds at the Forefront
September 17, 2021 by Patrick Rodriguez “Building a table” is a phrase on a lot of lips these days, as many organizations and companies embrace the need to include diverse groups of people in decision-making to…
The Biden-Harris Administration’s Education Agenda Takes Shape
June 08, 2021 by Reid Setzer UPDATE 7/28/21: The Biden-Harris administration has released this fact sheet detailing their educational equity policy goals, and The Education Trust is supportive of several priorities detailed within. We are happy…
Letter to U.S. Senate Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Letter
June 02, 2021 by EdTrust The Honorable Patty Murray Chairwoman Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Roy Blunt Ranking Member Senate Labor, Health and…