Committee on Education & Labor August 24, 2021 Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement in response to the Education Department’s announcement that it will default to full forgiveness for defrauded student loan borrowers, abandoning the Trump administration’s partial-relief formula: “Devos’ […]
Newsweek Tom Fish August 24, 2021 College can help students kick-start their chosen careers. While working hard to get good grades is key to gaining a great salary, certain U.S. colleges appear to offer an edge in potential earning power. Economic modelers have crunched the numbers by quantifying average wages […]
CECU August 24, 2021 Arlington, Va. — The U.S. Department of Education today announced that borrowers with successful borrower defense claims will be entitled to a rebuttable presumption of full student loan relief. This comes after a March 18, 2021, announcement that the Department was rescinding the 2019 guidance published by the Trump […]
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Inside Higher Ed Steven Mintz August 19, 2021 What should we do about the educated underemployed? Is the United States producing an overeducated class with few prospects of holding a job commensurate with their education? That appears to be the case. Brandeis economist Nader Habibi wrote that too many politicians and […]
SJVC August 19, 2021 Thirty years ago, there was more going on than those flash-fads of parachute pants, beanie babies and Macarena performances. A growing interest in the community for a high-end career as a well-trained aircraft mechanic caught the interest of San Joaquin Valley College. The big aircraft companies […]
Inside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik August 17, 2021 The Department of Education has updated prior guidance to financial aid administrators about their authority to exercise “professional judgment” for individual financial aid applicants and adjust recently unemployed applicants’ income to zero. This action is designed to ensure that students receive the maximum benefit […]
Inside Higher Ed Colleen Flaherty August 12, 2021 Gary Stephen Maynard, an adjunct instructor of criminal justice studies who worked at several northern California colleges, is being held in jail on suspicion of arson, according to the Sacramento Bee. Maynard was charged in connection with the Ranch Fire in Lassen County after […]
Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman August 12, 2021 In a settlement with Brown, the Justice Department affirms that students with mental health disabilities must be given equal access to higher education. The U.S. Justice Department reached a settlement with Brown University after students who took medical leaves for mental health […]
Higher Ed Dive Rick Seltzer August 10, 2021 Dive Brief: Two shuttered for-profit institutions owe a total of more than $6 million, the U.S. Department of Education’s office of Federal Student Aid said Tuesday. RWM Fiber Optics Inc., which offered network cabling and television installation training in California before closing in […]