Cal Matters Mikhail Zinshteyn January 26, 2023 IN SUMMARY Cal State leaders revealed a new plan that will take money from campuses missing enrollment targets and give it to schools exceeding their targets. The California State University system is putting campuses on notice: Enroll more students or lose money. It’s […]
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Ed Source Ashleigh Panoo January 23, 2023 Critics say enrollment crisis may occur if psychology, phys ed, health science are dropped from transfer requirements. Others say fears are overblown. A statewide effort to streamline transfer to California’s two public university systems is facing controversy over which classes students should be required […]
NASFAA Hugh T. Ferguson January 27, 2023 President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief plan has come under increased scrutiny from an annual audit of the Department of Education’s (ED) finances. The audit, conducted by KPMG, an independent certified public accounting firm contracted by ED’s Office of Inspector General, reviewed the department’s financial […]
Higher Ed Dive January 26, 2023 Natalie Schwartz Executives may want to flee a sector with tight rules and a poor reputation at the same time nonprofits are looking to build their online offerings, experts said. The University of Arkansas System confirmed this week that officials are in talks about […]
ABC News Sasha Pezenik January 25, 2023 A massive, coordinated scheme to sell false and fraudulent nursing degree credentials has been brought down by a joint federal law enforcement operation, Justice Department officials said Wednesday. As first reported by ABC News, officials said the scheme involved peddling more than $100 […]
Best Colleges Matthew Arrojas January 26, 2023 A settlement reached in June would provide instant student loan debt forgiveness to 200,000 borrowers who say their schools defrauded them. Three university owners appealed the settlement, saying it would harm their reputation. A judge told the federal government to hold off on […]
Times Higher Education Lourdes Guardia and Marcelo Maina January 26, 2023 Why and how to make e-portfolios a central part of university courses, helping students identify and exhibit skills that will appeal to employers, by Lourdes Guàrdia and Marcelo Maina The mismatch between graduate readiness for entering the workplace and […]
Inside Higher Ed Josh Moody January 26, 2023 Hilbert College, a nonprofit Catholic institution in New York, is purchasing for-profit Valley College, which has four sites in Ohio and West Virginia. That makes for an unusual match. Hilbert College is marrying outside the faith. The four-year Roman Catholic nonprofit college […]
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott January 26, 2023 The Skills First Coalition, a group of American businesses and education and training providers, wants the 118th Congress to pass legislation that would expand Pell Grants to short-term programs, improve the transfer of credits between higher education institutions and support new approaches […]