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President Obama’s speech on education this morning provided few new details of his higher education agenda. He reiterated previously announced plans to raise Pell Grants, create a new tuition tax credit, expand direct lending for student loans, and simplify the FAFSA form, but — as far as I can tell — didn’t add any substantive new information about any of these proposals.
A transcript of the speech can be found here.
Quick updates on a bunch of stories we’ve been following…
- The University of North Carolina has become the twenty-first US campus to dump Russell Athletic in response to labor violations.
- A three-part analysis of the Power Shift 2009 conference: Background, Tactics, and The Future.
- A hundred NYU grad students held a “work-in” at Bobst Library yesterday afternoon.
- The economic crisis is leading students to transfer to cheaper colleges.
- Hillary Clinton has announced a million-dollar scholarship program for Palestinian students.
- President Obama will be providing major new details of his education plan at a speech this morning.
