How Much Pandemic Support Is Coming, Part 3
The U.S. Department of Education released guidance Tuesday for
$36 billion in emergency funding that will be provided to higher education institutions, along with a final rule that expands access to emergency grants to undocumented and international students and those attending college under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, policy. The
third round of funding from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, which was authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, passed in March, will give $10 billion to community colleges, $2.6 billion to historically Black colleges and universities, $190 million to tribal colleges, and $6 billion to other minority-serving institutions. Colleges can use
the funding to disburse emergency grants to students regardless of their citizenship status, whether they completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or are eligible for federal financial aid. However, the grants must go to students deemed by their institutions to have exceptional need. (
Inside Higher Ed - May 12, 2021)