Cal Matters Adam Echelman May 21, 2025 In summary Faced with increasing financial aid fraud, the board of California’s community colleges is considering ways to charge students an application fee and tighten its identity verification process. Students are pushing back. Under scrutiny from state and federal lawmakers, California’s community colleges […]
Market Watch May 21, 2025 IRVINE, Calif., May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stanbridge University has been ranked among the top 5% of 4,600 colleges nationwide for 10-year return on investment (ROI) in the Ranking Colleges by ROI (2025) report by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, based […]
Cal Matters Delilah Brumer May 20, 2025 In summary California’s ESL courses gained 30,000 students over the past six years. As the Trump administration revokes student visas and escalates immigration raids, that growth is at risk. They speak Farsi, Cantonese, Spanish and at least two dozen other languages. Some earned […]
Inside Higher Ed Ashley Mowreader May 22, 2025 Enrollments have grown for graduate schools, certificate programs and community colleges, but undergraduate numbers still remain behind pre-pandemic levels. Undergraduate enrollment remains slightly below 2020 levels, but college enrollment as a whole is making a steady recovery, driven in part by growth […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz May 21, 2025 During a budget hearing, some Republicans indicated support for dismantling the agency, while Democrats panned the proposed cuts. During a hearing Wednesday, U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended the Trump administration’s proposal to heavily cut funding for the U.S. Department of Education during the […]
Inside Higher Ed Josh Moody May 22, 2025 The Western Association of Schools and Colleges’ Senior College and University Commission has launched a review into its diversity, equity and inclusion standards, the accreditor announced Tuesday. WSCUC noted that its review is meant “to ensure that we remain in compliance with […]
Thompson Coburn LLP Aaron D. Lacey and Lorrie Hargrove May 21, 2025 In what many will deem a surprising turn of events (to say the least), the Trump Administration’s U.S. Department of Education (“ED”) revealed late last week that it intends to defend the Biden Administration’s Financial Value Transparency and Gainful […]
Inside Higher Ed Colleen Flaherty May 20, 2025 Three in four chief technology officers say that artificial intelligence has proven to be a moderate or significant risk to academic integrity at their institution. Experts have ideas as to what can help. Is something in the water—or, more appropriately, in the […]
Thompson Coburn Tres Cleveland , Brandt Hill , Lorrie Hargrove , Evan Moltz , Anna S. Knouse May 13, 2025 Thompson Coburn’s Higher Education Litigation Summary is your resource for legal updates on key rulings and ongoing cases shaping the higher education sector. This installment covers updates related to Gainful Employment, the Bare Minimum Rule, BDR, Student Loan […]
Your Central Valley. Com Vanessa Villafuerte May 10, 2025 FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – More than a year ago, Community and Unitedk College launched a partnership to train the next generation of nurses. It’s called the Nursing Education Pathway, powered by Unitek College, and it aims to help solve the Central […]