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Black Community Colleges Received $2.7 Billion in COVID Relief Funding, Joint Center Study Finds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Historically Black and Predominantly Black community colleges across the South received an unprecedented $2.7 From 2020 to 2022, the federal government distributed nearly $80 billion to higher education institutions through three rounds of HEERF funding, with community colleges receiving $25 billion of that total. million to $348.3

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IRCC releases 2025 provincial cap allocations

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In September 2024, the government announced it would reserve 12% of allocations for previously exempt masters and PhD students, though the actual figure amounts to just under 17%. Ontario, for instance, has been allocated 181,590 study permit applications to be processed, resulting in an estimated 116,740 permits to actually be issued.

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“Many variables” in 2024 will shape 2025 Canada allocations – Minister

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“Many variables may influence the number of new international students who arrive in Canada in 2024, for example, provinces and territories with room to grow may not end up using their full allocations; approval rates may change; and in-year adjustments may be required,” Miller detailed. The Yukon has been issued 417.

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Report: Outdated Funding Law Hampers Community College Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Larry Galizio, President & CEO of the Community College League of California. California's community colleges find themselves caught in a 60-year-old funding constraint that increasingly hampers their ability to serve todays students, according to a new report from the Community College League of California.

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Michigan free community college program to extend to 350,000 more residents

Higher Ed Dive

The state Legislature allocated $70 million to temporarily lower the age eligibility from 25 to 21 for fiscal year 2024.

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VET providers sent “emotionally devastating” int’l cap allocations

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We are hearing that in some cases the limits are so bad as to mean imminent campus and college closures, significant job losses, and students ejected with nowhere to go.” The individual numbers have not been made public by the government yet, but some providers have spoken out, expressing concern over the indicative numbers.

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Australia: cap distribution details unveiled amid ongoing criticism

The PIE News

This will also be the case for Monash University and Monash College. However, a scenario where providers would be unable to distribute allocations in this way is the case of La Trobe Colleg, as a Navitas entity, and La Trobe University. That evidence shows that enrolments are healthy.”

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