IFAP DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket ID ED-2017-OPE-0090] Program Integrity: Gainful Employment AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Announcement of applicable dates; request for comments. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: On January 6 and January 19, 2017, the Department announced dates by which institutions subject to the Department’s gainful employment (GE) […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: A new report repeats a familiar call for higher education to better train graduates with the skills employers need, but also makes a series of recommendations about how institutions can initiate such “demand driven education”, which it claims will be the third wave of higher education reform. The Demand […]
Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain Government will not require colleges to publicly disclose data about their vocational programs’ graduate employment rates or debt levels — requirements under the Obama-era “gainful-employment” rule — until after U.S. Department of Education can rewrite the regulation. The department announced in a filing Friday that it will […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum The Obama administration for years battled with the for-profit sector over a rule that would hold higher ed programs accountable for graduating students with debt they couldn’t repay. That rule, known as gainful employment, applied to all career education and certificate programs, and the first […]
Career Education Review The U.S. has 6.7 million job openings. Why aren’t they being filled? By Jenny June A record amount of job openings indicates that structural unemployment is causing a skills mismatch. Are employers ready to reskill workers to adapt to technological change? A notable thing happened in the […]
Inside Higher Ed As California Goes? The biggest and perhaps least likely state to try performance funding will tie billions of dollars for community colleges to measures of student success, a plan faculty groups say will punish students and colleges. By Paul Fain With powerful faculty organizations and a commitment to unfettered […]
Inside Higher Ed California Higher Ed Leaders Oppose PROSPER Act By Andrew Kreighbaum The leaders of the three California public higher education systems on Monday issued a statement opposing the PROSPER Act, House Republicans’ proposal to overhaul the Higher Education Act. “Our public institutions of higher education are committed to providing affordable, […]
Thompson Coburn Arbitration Provisions in Enrollment Agreements Appear to be Safe in Light of Supreme Court Ruling A recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court was lauded by employers for upholding the enforcement of arbitration agreements in employment contracts. An analysis of the ruling shows that it likely extends the […]
Accredited Council for Independent Colleges and Schools Media Statements: FOIA and May 30 Filing ACICS Submits Response to Department of Education Regarding Continued Federal Recognition, Ends Effort to Halt FOIA Release of Draft Staff Report On May 30, the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) submitted a response […]
NPR ED By Ashley Gross and Jon Marcus Garret Morgan (center) is training as an ironworker near Seattle and already has a job that pays him $50,000 a year. Sy Bean/The Hechinger Report Like most other American high school students, Garret Morgan had it drummed into him constantly: Go to […]