Career Education Review Jenny June 3, 2021 ACICS Will Appeal SDO Decision to the Secretary, Warns that Decision Marks a Fundamental Shift in Accreditation Policy and Should Serve as a Wake-up Call for Other Accreditors The Senior Department Official (SDO) at the Department of Education today accepted the recommendation of […]
Inside Higher Ed Emma Whitford June 3, 2021 The pandemic is still causing the number of students who transfer between and to two-year colleges to plummet, a new report shows. Meanwhile, transfer to four-year colleges is on the rise again. More than a year after the pandemic first disrupted higher […]
New America Rebekah Haigh June 1, 2021 More than 36 million Americans can claim some college but no degree. Luke Evans is one of them.[1] In a recent study, Lumina found that more than 47 percent of surveyed adults dropped out of a bachelor’s degree program. Of those with at least two […]
Higher Ed Dive Ryan Golden June 1, 2021 Dive Brief: Federal equal employment opportunity laws do not prohibit policies requiring that all employees who physically enter a workplace receive a COVID-19 vaccination, so long as such policies comply with the reasonable accommodation provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and […]
Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely June 2, 2021 President Biden has released a plan to tackle racial wealth disparities in the United States, but he excluded the cancellation of student loan debt, which experts argue is one of the biggest parts of the problem. President Biden has announced a plan […]
Higher Ed Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf June 2, 2021 Dive Brief: Lawmakers are once again trying to expand the federal Pell Grant to job training programs of a shorter duration than are currently allowed. The proposal is being added to Senate legislation that means to boost the country’s research presence and […]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce June 1, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation today launched America Works, a new nationwide initiative mobilizing industry and government to swiftly address America’s deepening worker shortage crisis. “As we stand on the cusp of what could be […]
CNBC Jessica Dickler May 28, 2021 The price of college is going up. The average tuition and fees increased 1.1% for public colleges and 2.1% for private institutions. This year’s incoming freshman class can expect to borrow more than $38,000 to help cover the cost of a bachelor’s degree, according to […]
NASFAA Hugh T. Ferguson May 28, 2021 President Joe Biden on Friday formally unveiled the remainder of his spending priorities for the fiscal year 2022 budget, impacting award year 2022-23. The now fully fleshed out proposal enables congressional appropriators to begin their work in earnest and will likely spur a summer of […]
Politico Michael Stratford May 28, 2021 Richard Cordray, the new federal student aid chief, announced the change on Friday and vowed to work more collaboratively with state attorneys general and other regulators. The Biden administration is rescinding a Trump-era policy that blocked state and federal regulators from accessing records that […]