Career Education Review Sacramento Ultrasound Institute has announced the launch of, SonicDICOM PACS, its new Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) after partnering with JIUN Corporation, a software company headquartered in Fukuoka, Japan. The new PACS features a web-based DICOM Viewer and DICOM Server that is accessible online through SUI’s Student […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that will extend through July 2026 an initiative allowing the state’s 15 community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees that meet the needs of employers in their region, a San Diego television station reported. The law requires that the two-year colleges […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: Two senior U.S. Education Department officials told journalists Monday at an event in Las Vegas that the federal agency under Secretary Betsy DeVos wants to make more and better data available to students considering college, while continuing to prioritize the kind of deregulation that has characterized the current […]
Education Dive Dive Brief A trustee responsible for resolving the bankruptcy of ITT Educational Services is suing the federal government and the financial institutions that backed a loan program connected to the for-profit college, according to The Wall Street Journal. She is seeking funds to pay for about $1.5 billion in […]
Inside Higher Ed by Andrew Kreighbaum Telemarketers from several student loan relief companies falsely represented themselves as employees of the federal government and told borrowers they could not enroll in debt-relief programs like income-based repayment on their own, the New York attorney general alleged in a lawsuit filed in New York Supreme […]
Inside Higher Ed by Emma Whitford A new analysis by Gallup and Strada released today shows that students who have a good job upon graduation earn more money immediately after graduating and in the long-term scope of their careers than students who take between two and 12 months to secure a good […]
Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fein The average student loan debt last year for graduates of four-year colleges who took out loans was $28,650, according to the latest version of an annual report from the Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS). The average amount was up $300, or 1 percent, from 2016. […]
Inside Higher Ed by Rick Seltzer On Aug. 23, the regional accreditor for New England announced that Lincoln College of New England had been placed on probation because it did not meet seven standards. The college in Southington, Conn., had decided to stop enrolling new students, its interim president said in the […]
Inside Higher Ed by Andrew Kreighbaum A federal court last week blocked the Education Department’s plans to cancel contracts with debt collection firms handling defaulted student loans. The decision to drop the debt collectors was part of a broader overhaul of loan servicing pursued by the Office of Federal Student […]
Inside Higher Ed by Andrew Kreighbaum The Department of Education has until Oct. 12 to offer a stronger justification for delaying an Obama-era student loan rule issued to help defrauded borrowers. If it can’t do so, the rule will take effect, a federal judge said Monday. U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss ruled earlier […]