Inside Higher Ed Strayer and Capella Announce Merger Diversification bid from the two well-respected for-profits comes amid serious shake-up of the sector, which continues despite a more favorable regulatory climate. By Paul Fain October 31, 2017 For-profit colleges probably face too many challenges, many of them competitive, to come roaring back, […]
Inside Higher Ed Peer-to-Peer Networks Increase College Attainment Colleges should reach out to high schools to help them identify students who can guide their peers on the path to higher education, writes Keith Frome. By Keith Frome October 27, 2017 There are statistics that haunt the college equity community. In 1970, 6 percent of […]
Inside Higher Ed Falling Behind Even though colleges have increased production of computer science bachelor’s degrees, it’s not enough to fill the jobs available in the field, according to a new report. By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf October 27, 2017 Colleges can’t seem to keep up with computers. The growing number of jobs […]
Inside Higher Ed Education Dept. Borrower-Defense Negotiators By Andrew Kreighbaum October 26, 2017 The Department of Education Wednesday released the names of 17 panelists and alternates who will be charged with overhauling an Obama administration regulation for protection of student borrowers through a process known as negotiated rule making. The list of negotiators includes […]
Inside Higher Ed U.S. Considers Partial Relief for Defrauded Student Borrowers Education Department weighs whether — and how — the government should offer partial relief to some who filed borrower-defense claims. By Andrew Kreighbaum October 26, 2017 Student borrowers have filed tens of thousands of additional applications for discharge of student debt since the […]
Inside Higher Ed Net Price Keeps Creeping Up Tuition and fees increased by a few percentage points across the board, and aid failed to keep pace, annual College Board report shows. By Rick Seltzer October 25, 2017 In what has become a familiar pattern in the last several years, published tuition […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education An Official in Obama’s Education Dept. Explains Her Move to Lead an Accreditor By Eric Kelderman OCTOBER 24, 2017 Jamienne Studley, an Obama-era Education Dept. official, will become president of a regional accreditor, the Western Association of Colleges and Schools’ commission on colleges, in January. As […]
Inside Higher Ed Healthy Job Market Predicted for New College Grads By Scott Jaschik October 24, 2017 Hiring of new college graduates is expected to increase by 19 percent this year — 15 percent for those with bachelor’s degrees and 40 percent for those with associate degrees. Those figures are from Michigan State University’s Recruiting […]
Inside Higher Ed Trading Places at the Accountability Table Jamie Studley, former key Education Department official, will lead the Western region’s accrediting agency, part of an industry her Obama administration bosses chastised. By Doug Lederman October 24, 2017 As she prepared to leave her role as the Education Department’s assistant secretary […]
Inside Higher Ed Aid Office “Focused” on Dealing With Borrower Claims By Andrew Kreighbaum October 5, 2017 Federal Student Aid Chief Operating Officer A. Wayne Johnson said Wednesday that the Department of Education is “marshaling the resources” to deal with a backlog of thousands of borrower-defense claims submitted by former students of […]