Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami January 26, 2021 Higher education groups, including associations representing colleges and universities, asked Congress on Monday for $97 billion more in aid if there is an additional coronavirus relief package. The groups, including the American Council on Education, had asked for $120 billion in help for struggling […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami January 26, 2021 Miguel Cardona, President Biden’s nominee to become education secretary, said increasing access to community colleges would be a high priority if he is confirmed by the Senate. Cardona, in a 30-minute interview with Connecticut Public Radio, also expressed support for canceling student loans, at […]
Career Education Review Jenny January 26, 2021 Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), released the list of new Republican members who were selected by the Republican Steering Committee to serve on the Education and Labor Committee in the 117th Congress. “The Education and […]
Inside Higher Ed Greta Anderson January 22, 2021 Improving how colleges respond to sexual assault on campus is one of President Biden’s top priorities. But it’s likely to be an uphill battle. Joe Biden entered the White House this week with high and wide-ranging expectations from higher education leaders, advocates […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami January 22, 2021 The Biden administration Thursday night named Rich Williams, an expert in the problems faced by student loan borrowers at Pew Charitable Trusts, chief of staff of the Education Department’s Office of Postsecondary Education. The department also named Ben Miller, vice president for […]
Education Dive Natalie Schwartz January 21, 2021 Dive Brief: Activist investors are calling on Adtalem Global Education to try to end its planned purchase of Walden University, a for-profit online college. Two investment firms, Engine Capital and Hawk Ridge Partners, wrote in an open letter dated Thursday that they were “severely disappointed” with […]
Fox 40 January 15, 2021 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a lawsuit against acting U.S. Secretary of Education Mitchell Zais and the U.S. Department of Education over their effort to ease accountability on for-profit colleges. One of the many shameful legacies of the Trump Administration is the extreme lengths […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami January 21, 2021 President Biden gives student loan borrowers an additional nine months before they have to start making payments again. The Education Department said Wednesday night that at President Joe Biden’s request, it is continuing to give student loan borrowers a break from making their […]
Career Education Review Jenny January 21, 2021 Unitek executive is elected to the board of the California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools Unitek Learning is thrilled to announce that Dr. Navneet “Sunny” Bhasin, their Chief Operations Officer, has been elected to the board of the California Association of Private Postsecondary […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami January 15, 2021 The Education Department releases a new round of COVID-19 funds to colleges and universities, and Biden proposes $35 billion in additional money. The U.S. Education Department on Thursday made available the $21.2 billion in help to higher education included in the coronavirus relief legislation […]