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HOPE Career Grants: Realizing the Full Potential of Targeted Workforce Investments

Jennifer Lee August 8, 2018

HOPE Career Grant Programs, Fall 2017 Automotive Technology Aviation Technology Certified Engineer Assistant Commercial Truck Driving Computer Programming Computer Technology Construction Technology Diesel Equipment Technology Early Childhood Care and Education Electrical Lineman Technology Health Science Industrial Maintenance Logistics/Transportation Technology Movie

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for GBPI’s People-First Plan

John McCosh July 27, 2018

An overwhelming majority of Georgians want the state to invest in people-first strategies including expanded access to education and mental health services, while raising new revenue to pay for them, according to a Mason-Dixon statewide poll conducted this month. “We’re

Georgia Higher Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019

Jennifer Lee July 1, 2018

Higher Education Budget Overview The higher education budget in Georgia is $2.4 billion for the university system and $369 million for technical colleges. The 2019 budget includes about $142 million of state general funds allotted for scholarship, loan and grant

Overlooked Colleges Often a Springboard to Middle Class and Beyond

Jennifer Lee June 12, 2018

You might be familiar with college rankings, like the well-known list U.S. News and World Report compiles. Each year, students and parents in Georgia and nationwide pore over the results and use them to make crucial decisions about college that

Helping Students Navigate Financial Aid Forms Offers Georgia Big Return

Jennifer Lee April 30, 2018

Janai Raphael’s job as a college advisor at Maynard Jackson High School in Atlanta often means she plays the role of translator. “The terminology is a challenge. Pell grants, scholarships, subsidized loans, unsubsidized loans. I walk through what each type

Lawmakers Pass Need-Based Aid Bill, What’s Next?

Jennifer Lee April 10, 2018

On the last day of Georgia’s 2018 legislative session, the Senate passed a bill that aims to help more students go to college and complete their degrees. The bill creates a need-based aid program for university system students in Georgia,

Sine Die 2018: Education Gets its Due

Wesley Tharpe March 29, 2018

A fully funded K-12 education formula. Hasty and sweeping tax changes. Georgia’s first foray into need-based financial aid for college students. A harmful anti-immigrant measure left on the cutting room floor. Georgia lawmakers left those legacies from the just-ended 2018

Legislative Watch Day 39: State Budget, Education Vouchers and More

John McCosh March 27, 2018

As the 2018 General Assembly nears the closing gavel, Georgia lawmakers are trying to find a path to use public dollars to boost private schools, provide need-based aid for college students and impose rules that target immigrants in counterproductive ways.

Bill Proposes Grant for Working Georgia College Students with Financial Need

Jennifer Lee March 7, 2018

Bill Analysis: Senate Bill 405 (LC 21 5954 S, AM 21 3929) Georgia needs more people with higher education to meet workforce needs. Georgia can better leverage its talent and its strong colleges and universities by knocking down financial barriers

Crossover Day Delivers Mixed Bag for Education, Tax Policy

John McCosh March 1, 2018

Legislation to allow the use of state money for private schools stalled on Crossover Day 2018, while a proposal to give students more time to qualify as HOPE scholars also now faces a more convoluted path to passage. Meanwhile, a

Category: Higher Education

HOPE Career Grants: Realizing the Full Potential of Targeted Workforce Investments

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for GBPI’s People-First Plan

Georgia Higher Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019

Overlooked Colleges Often a Springboard to Middle Class and Beyond

Helping Students Navigate Financial Aid Forms Offers Georgia Big Return

Lawmakers Pass Need-Based Aid Bill, What’s Next?

Sine Die 2018: Education Gets its Due

Legislative Watch Day 39: State Budget, Education Vouchers and More

Bill Proposes Grant for Working Georgia College Students with Financial Need

Crossover Day Delivers Mixed Bag for Education, Tax Policy

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