University Business FINANCIAL AID Students promise to pay tuition fees Communicating students’ obligation to pay via financial responsibility agreements Nancy Mann Jackson July 26, 2017 Top topics for a student financial responsibility agreement. While the concept may seem unnecessary, a formal document—signed by each student—that states tuition payments are, in fact, expected […]
Career Education Review July 26, 2017 Jenny A study finds the typical Iowa college student graduates with $29,000 in debt, among the highest rates in the country. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is introducing legislation that would boost the amount of information students get before signing on the dotted line for […]
Inside Higher Ed For-profit Ashford University, facing loss of access to GI Bill benefits by month’s end, needs approval from a state to stop thousands of student veterans from losing aid. By Ashley A. Smith June 10, 2016 Roughly 5,000 veterans attending for-profit Ashford University may lose access to their GI […]
Inside Higher Ed For-Profit Graduate Schools Popular With Black Women Consumer advocates are concerned by the relatively large proportion of black women graduate students who attend for-profits. By Ashley A. Smith July 25, 2017 Graduate student enrollment is declining at for-profit institutions, but the sector continues to resonate with one particular […]
AEI Preston Cooper July 24, 2017 | Forbes Alarmism abounds over phantom Pell Grant cuts Economics of Education, Education, Higher Education House Republicans released a budget bill earlier this week aiming to rescind $3.3 billion from the surplus of the Pell Grant, a program which provides financial assistance to low- and moderate-income college students. A group […]
Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain July 21, 2017 The Iron Yard, a coding boot camp, announced this week that it would cease all operations after teaching-out its summer programs. The news follows a similar announcement last week from Dev Bootcamp, another early player in the coding skills training space. An industry […]
The Hill Trump administration reveals first regulatory agenda BY LYDIA WHEELER – 07/20/17 11:44 AM EDT 50 The Trump administration for the first time is mapping out its plans to cut down on the nation’s regulatory rulebook with the release of its first agenda. The semi-annual Unified Regulatory Agenda published by the […]
CSMonitor Students caught in the middle of for-profit college debate ask, ‘What now?’ Rule revisions set to take effect July 1 were put on hold by the Department of Education, offering a reprieve for some institutions that feel maligned but leaving students expecting assistance with loans feeling uncertain about the […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education Former Top Official in Obama’s Education Dept. Is Named President of ACE By Goldie Blumenstyk JULY 20, 2017 WASHINGTON Ted Mitchell, under secretary of education from 2014 to 2017, will take office at the American Council on Education as the Trump administration seeks to dismantle some […]
Inside Higher Ed Zenith Unveils New Name for Everest Campuses By Paul Fain July 19, 2017 Zenith Education Group, a nonprofit career college chain, today announced a plan to rebrand the Everest campuses it purchased in 2015 from Corinthian Colleges, a controversial for-profit that collapsed after a nudge from U.S. Department of […]