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The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma
Ed Surge Mordecai I. Brownlee March 23, 2023 This semester, the Community College of Aurora rolled out the first microcredentials in its history. These short courses offer students the opportunity to study behavioral health, which aligns with jobs in our region related to human services, sociology, counseling, psychology and social […]
Educause pushes Ed. Dept. to rethink ‘third-party servicer’ guidance
EDSCOOP Lindsay McKenzie March 20, 2023 Educause is continuing to press the U.S. Department of Education to revise its oversight of edtech providers. Educause is continuing to work with its institutional members and other higher education organizations to get the U.S. Department of Education to reconsider its recent guidance on […]
This controversial, for-profit college has received $1.6B in GI Bill funds, the most of any school
USA TODAY Chris Quintana March 22, 2023 The University of Phoenix has continued to receive more GI Bill funding than any other institution of higher learning, despite its history of government scrutiny for misleading military veterans. The Veterans Affairs Department sent the for-profit school $1.6 billion in GI Bill funds from 2013 […]
Pearson, Once a Market Leader, Leaves Online Services Business
Inside Higher Ed Doug Lederman March 22,2023 The educational services giant, which has been supplanted in the space by 2U, Coursera and others, sells its online services unit to a private equity firm in an unsettled landscape. Once upon a time, Pearson Education helped Arizona State University become one of the biggest […]
Is For-Profit Higher Education on Its Last Legs?
Inside Higher Ed Doug Lederman March 21, 2023 Possible sale of the University of Phoenix to a public university raises existential questions about the for-profit sector and federal regulation of higher education. A panel of experts weighs them. As recently as 2015, the University of Phoenix enrolled more than 400,000 […]
New SARA Reciprocity Policy Modification Process Yields Proposals Intended to Increase Student Protections
WCET Frontiers Lindsey Downs March 21, 2023 Providing uniform consumer protection for distance education students located in all member states is a hallmark of the interstate reciprocity agreement known as the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (SARA). States that chose to join the agreement, often through state legislation signed by their […]
EXCLUSIVE: Legal Group Sues Education Department For Withholding Records On Student Loan Debt Forgiveness
Daily Caller James Lynch March 17, 2023 The Functional Government Initiative (FGI), a watchdog legal organization, is filing a lawsuit against the Department of Education (ED) for failing to release records regarding student loan forgiveness and the student debt payment moratorium. FGI filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in […]
Chairwoman Foxx on GAO Decision to Uphold Congressional Authority
Committee on Education & The Workforce March 17, 2023 Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) decision to defend the ability of Congress to conduct oversight on the Biden administration’s costly student loan bailout: “Once again, the Biden Administration […]
Senate Republicans Seek to Block Biden’s Debt-Relief Plan
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott March 20, 2023 House and Senate Republicans are planning to introduce a resolution to overturn President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan after the Government Accountability Office determined that the plan meets the definition of a rule under the Congressional Review Act. That means that a simple majority of lawmakers […]