Katherine Knott

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Katherine Knott

After the National Institutes of Health tried earlier this year to cut funding for universities’ costs indirectly related to research and set off alarm bells across higher education, 10 higher education associations decided to come up with their own model for research funding rather than having the government take the lead.

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Katherine Knott

As the Supreme Court weighs whether to allow the Trump administration to proceed with mass layoffs at the Education Department, a coalition made up of states, public school districts and teachers’ unions argued in court filings that the justices should leave the lower court’s injunction in place. That injunction has prevented the department from proceeding with plans to move career education programs to the Labor Department and required the agency to bring back more than 1,400 laid-off employees.

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Katherine Knott

Before a federal judge blocked its plans, the Education Department reached a deal with the Department of Labor to hand over some of its career, technical and adult education grants, according to court records. Under the agreement, reached May 21, the Labor Department would administer about $2.7 billion in grants, including the Perkins Grant program, which funds career and technical education at K–12 schools and community colleges, Politico first reported.

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Katherine Knott

A majority of high school students don’t feel ready for postsecondary education and aren’t familiar with the options available to them, according to survey results released this week at Jobs for the Future’s annual conference in New Orleans. About 90 percent of the 1,300 students surveyed by JFF, Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation say they rely on their parents and teachers to give them information about their options after graduation.

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Katherine Knott

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. An influential conservative policy expert who has advocated for closing down the Education Department is joining the agency. The Trump administration announced Friday that Lindsey Burke, the director of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, will be the department’s deputy chief of staff for policy and programs.