Real Clear Education By A.J. Kritikos Earlier this summer, a federal court ordered the Department of Education “to cease all efforts to collect debts” from students who attended failed for-profit universities. While the court order focused on a privacy issue, the heart of the suit is the borrower’s defense rule. The […]
IFAP Posted Date: August 31, 2018 Author: Federal Student Aid Subject: Active Phishing Campaign Targeting Student Email Accounts Federal Student Aid (FSA) has identified a malicious phishing campaign that may lead to potential fraud associated with student refunds and aid distributions. What is happening: Multiple institutions of higher education (IHEs) have […]
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Ed Surge By Sydney Johnson This month the U.S. Education Department announced a proposal to remove a set of higher education regulations meant to punish college programs that turned out to be bad deals for students—specifically, ones whose graduates’ student-loan payments were higher than a specific portion their incomes. The policy, […]
Inside Higher Ed by Andrew Kreighbaum Just over 13 years ago, Robert L. King moved on from the State University of New York system after a rocky tenure in his first stint as a higher ed leader. The chancellor of the SUNY system from 2000 to 2005, he had lost […]
Campus Technology By Dian Schaffhauser Students in Generation Z would rather learn from YouTube videos than from nearly any other form of instruction. YouTube was designated as the preferred mode of learning by 59 percent of Gen Zers in a survey on the topic, compared to in-person group activities with […]
Forbes by Richard Vedder I have claimed for years that three words beginning with “I” hold the key to major positive changes in higher education: information, incentives and innovation. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is proposing taking a major step to improve information provided to students and their families, a positive […]
Chronicle of Higher Education By Goldie Blumenstyk On its first go-round operating what it called “the largest nonprofit career-college system in America,” ECMC Group didn’t win many fans. That’s putting it mildly. Now, with a new chief executive who spent his first year on the job studying the career-training landscape, […]
Inside Higher Ed by Andrew Kreighbaum A study finds that most borrowers exit loan default within a few years. But many still fail to make serious progress paying down their balances, and the options facing them are inconsistent and confusing. Defaulting on student debt is typically considered the worst potential […]
Inside Higher Ed By Elizabeth Redden New final guidance published Thursday by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will change the way international students and visiting scholars on F, J or M visas are found to accrue “unlawful presence” in the U.S., a determination that could subject them to future bars on […]