Federal Student Aid April 29, 2022 Office of Postsecondary Education ELECTRONIC ANNOUNCEMENT ID As a reminder, Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Annual Performance Reports (APRs) must be completed and submitted to the Department by Friday, May 6, 2022, 11:59 pm ET. The APR covers activities funded between January 1, […]
The Hechinger Report Lilah Burke April 30, 2022 Institutions are quietly resisting a proposal to strip federal funding from low-payoff programs Vanessa Valenciano had high hopes for the certificate she earned at public Aims Community College in Colorado. After all, colleges have been advertising these kinds of credentials as the […]
Cal Matters Emma Hall, Emily Forschen, Emily Margaretten and Eden Taylor April 30, 2022 IN SUMMARY California’s community college enrollment plummeted during the pandemic. Here are the stories of some of the students who left. California community colleges have seen their enrollment drop by about a fifth during the coronavirus […]
USA Today Chris Quintana April 28, 2022 Amid constant pressure from progressive lawmakers for widespread student loan debt forgiveness, the Biden administration on Thursday announced a new round of targeted relief – this time for past students of a beauty school that authorities say failed to train students in its cosmetology programs “how […]
Higher Ed Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf April 28, 2022 Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education plans to issue its proposed Title IX regulation governing how colleges and K-12 schools should investigate and punish sexual violence in May, and not this month as it said previously. Catherine Lhamon, who leads the […]
Inside Higher Ed Maria Carrasco April 12, 2022 Colleges are creating new funds and programs to pay students for work when employers won’t. It’s one way to equalize internship opportunities, which have historically excluded low-income students. Internships tend to advantage students who are already advantaged—essentially those who can afford to […]
Inside Higher Ed Doug Lederman April 26, 2022 ECMC Group, the student loan guarantee agency turned nonprofit education services company, has quietly announced that it would close the three remaining campuses of the former Corinthian Colleges for-profit chain it purchased in 2015. Altierus Career College, as the former Corinthian campuses are known, […]
SJVC April 21, 2022 For 45 years SJVC has served students with a commitment to excellence. Thank you to the following representatives for joining us in celebrating this milestone! • Jay Obernolte, U.S. Representative, California 8th District • Dr. Jason Altmire, President & CEO, Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU) […]
cfpb Consumer Financial Protection Bureau April 25, 2022 Bureau Seeks Comment on Updated Procedures Washington, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it is invoking a largely unused legal provision to examine nonbank financial companies that pose risks to consumers. The CFPB believes that utilizing this dormant authority […]
Axios Shawna Chen April 15, 2022 The Department of Education will soon take new actions to tackle student debt and address longstanding issues with paying off federal student loans, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The move comes as the Biden administration struggles with growing calls to cancel student debt. The […]