Inside Higher Ed Meghan Brink July 15, 2022 The motion could delay the discharges of $6 billion in student debt arranged by the recent settlement by the Department of Education in Sweet v. Cardona. A major for-profit lobbying organization filed a motion Wednesday to intervene in a lawsuit that was recently settled by […]
NASFAA Hugh T. Ferguson July 14, 2022 The top Republican lawmakers on the House and Senate education committees are calling on the Department of Education (ED) to extend the comment period for its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that was unveiled on Wednesday. In a letter penned by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), ranking member […]
Committee on Education & Labor July 13, 2022 The nation is headed in the wrong direction under the Biden administration, and it doesn’t take much digging to figure out why. This administration was caught red-handed crafting policies at the behest of far-left interest groups. The further left this administration moves, […]
USA Today Samantha Cortese Taunton July 13, 2022 Both of my parents have college degrees – and my father even worked at a local college – so when I was growing up, going to a four-year college to start my career was always the unspoken expectation. I am one of nine children in my immediate family. […]
Committee on Education & Labor July 12, 2022 Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Department Secretary Miguel Cardona following the Department’s release of its 750-page Notice of Proposed Rule […]
Federal Register July 13, 2022 AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: This notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) covers student loans and affordability issues. This rulemaking specifically discusses issues involving loans under the William D. Ford Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program, the Federal […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz July 12, 2022 New draft regulations would make it much easier for borrowers to receive debt relief, but for-profit colleges say they wouldn’t have due process. Last week, the Biden administration proposed sweeping regulations that would overhaul the nation’s student loan system. One element of […]
SJVC June 16, 2022 Friday, May 13th was a very “lucky” day for the very first graduating class of the new Vocational Nursing program at SJVC Bakersfield. Each graduate’s journey to becoming a licensed vocational nurse began in January 2021 in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of students faced hardships in […]
The Hechinger Report Lawrence Lanahan July 8,2022 More workers without degrees are landing jobs they’d have been shut out of before. Will it last? Troy Groom, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was browsing social media this spring when he read something that made him perk up: Gov. Larry Hogan announced in March that […]
The Hill Addy Bink July 10, 2022 (NEXSTAR) – As Americans await a decision on widespread student loan forgiveness from the Biden administration, some have already been able to have some or all of their debt erased. Among those are roughly 690,000 borrowers that have had $7.9 billion in federal student loans […]