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 […]
Inside Higher Ed Meghan Brink July 11, 2022 Newly proposed regulations from the Education Department would create clear steps to hold colleges accountable to paying for recouped federal student loans. The Education Department has big plans to make it easier for borrowers who attended predatory colleges to apply for relief […]
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Inside Higher Ed Meghan Brink July 6, 2022 Includes increases to the Pell Grant and other student aid, increased accountability for for-profits. The House Appropriations Committee approved a funding plan on June 30 that would increase funding for the Education Department by 13 percent for fiscal year 2023. The bill, approved by the committee […]
Committee on Education & Labor July 6, 2022 Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement blasting the Biden administration’s proposed regulations regarding federal student loans: “Only this administration could find a way to justify adding at least $85 billion to the tax burden […]
CBS News July 6, 2022 New rules proposed by the Biden administration on Wednesday would make it easier for borrowers to get their federal student debt forgiven through several existing programs. The action is intended to overhaul relief programs that have been criticized for their burdensome paperwork requirements and long […]
Inside Higher Ed Meghan Brink July 7, 2022 Education Department proposes changes to loan programs to make it easier for public service employees and those who attended fraudulent colleges to get their student loans forgiven. The Education Department released a series of proposed rules Wednesday that would simplify federal loans, […]