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The coronavirus pandemic has emptied campuses and left many students facing an uncertain educational future. Particularly vulnerable are Black and Latinx students, who are significantly more likely than whites to report that they have canceled or changed their education plans during the pandemic.1  \nThe $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security (CARES) Act included $14 billion in the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) to support public and private postsecondary schools. Advocates have expressed concern that new federal relief being negotiated in Congress could incentivize reopening schools rather than providing financial relief and assistance needed to keep them from going under.2  \nHEERF’s formula allocates 75% of its funding based on the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate students receiving Pell Grants, the federal student aid program for lowincome students, and 25% based on the number of non-Pell Grant FTE, including graduate students. The weight for Pell recipients favors low-income students, providing a badly needed focus on equity. The law also requires that at least half of all HEERF allocations to institutions are regranted to qualifying students.  \nThe HEERF formula provides relief to public and private schools out of the same fund and treats them equally, even though federal and state governments have more responsibility for public schools, and public postsecondary schools educate many more students, more affordably, than do private schools.  \nIn addition, the formula’s reliance on FTE instead of headcount, another official enrollment measure, has driven HEERF funding disproportionately to private for-profit schools.3 These schools charge more in tuition than similarly focused public institutions and typically lead to poorer outcomes for graduates.4  \n1 Fain, Paul, Inside Higher Ed: “Higher Education and Work Amid Crisis,” June 17,2020 . [https://bit.ly/2CQSdlt](https://bit.ly/2CQSdlt).  \n2 Murakami, Kelly, Inside Higher Ed: “Will push to reopen threaten aid?” July 16, 2020. [https://bit.ly/3f7dTqU](https://bit.ly/3f7dTqU).  \n3 Headcount counts each student individually, more accurately measuring the participation of part-time students in higher education than FTE, which does not individually count part-time students.  \n4 Halbert, Hannah, “Risky Business: For-profit education in Ohio,” May 25, 2017. [https://bit.ly/2WRAnpc](https://bit.ly/2WRAnpc).  \nPOLICYMATTERSOHIO.ORG  \nOhio cuts to public higher education  \nMore than three quarters (77%) of students enrolled in higher education in Ohio attend public colleges and universities, while the remaining 23% attend private institutions, both for-profit and nonprofit.5  \nOhio’s response to the pandemic-related drop in revenue hit public schools hard. At the end of fiscal year 2020 the DeWine administration cut State Share of Instruction (SSI), the state’s main funding mechanism for public higher education, by 3.8%, a decrease of $77 million.6 In July, the state announced an SSI cut of 4.38% to the previously budgeted amount,7 a decrease of $89 million.8 Ohio also cut $8.9 million, or 7.3%, in FY20 for the Ohio College Opportunity Grant, its main support for low-income students.9  \nPublic colleges and universities across the state reported substantial impact from cuts in FY20, which ended June 30. SSI cuts took nearly $15 million from Ohio State University in FY20 .10 The school announced plans to cut 586 jobs, and estimated a $300 million overall loss of revenue for the year across its system, which includes Wexner Medical Center.11 Ohio University, which was facing budget problems before the pandemic, lost $6.7 million in SSI and furloughed or laid off some 340 employees, including faculty, administrat","cbCaiv3zcjNfD0ir","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiv3zcjNfD0ir","pdf",242262,"English","# Introduction\n## HEERF funding allocation and equity\n## Ohio cuts to public higher education\n## Disproportionate distribution of CARES Act formula funds","[{\"question\":\"Why does the brief emphasize targeted relief for public higher education?\",\"answer\":\"Colleges and universities face an existential threat from the pandemic, with uncertainty for students’ educational futures, especially for Black and Latinx students. 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