Chronicle of Higher Education by Andy Thomason The Education Department plans to repeal the gainful-employment rule, which sought to punish higher-education programs whose graduates bear a high level of student-loan debt, according to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.Experts had predicted that the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, aimed to weaken […]
Inside Higher Ed by Doug Lederman The Education Department plans to eliminate rather than revise Obama-era rules that required for-profit and vocational programs to prove that they are preparing graduates for gainful employment, according to a memorandum obtained by The New York Times. A decision to pull the plug on the […]
Inside Higher Ed by Scott Jaschik A new survey of the U.S. public suggests continued problems regarding the image of higher education — and negative perceptions are not limited to Republicans. A solid majority of all adults (61 percent) believe that higher education is headed in the wrong direction, according to a […]
Career Education Colleges and Universities All 17 Democrats on the Committee on Education and the Workforce today unveiled the Aim Higher Act—a reflection of the House Democrats’ vision for reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), the senior ranking Democrat on the Committee, called the proposal an […]
Encoura.org by Clint Raine As summer heats up and colleges and universities combat summer melt, it’s time to face the reality that chances of reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA) in 2018, and possibly even 2019, have also melted away. At the Eduventures Summit in June, Inside Higher Ed’s Doug Lederman […]
Ed Cooley Education models that challenge traditional delivery methods are attracting increased scrutiny from state regulators. Every state has laws governing entities offering education within its borders, but those laws – and how they are enforced – vary dramatically from state to state, as well as by the level and […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum The Department of Education will take another step this week toward making the federal student aid process fully accessible from mobile devices like your cellphone. The department will launch a mobile-friendly version this week of fafsa.gov, the website that hosts the Free Application for Federal […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum The Senate on Monday unanimously passed an update to the Perkins Career and Technical Education Law. The House passed its own version of the bill more than a year ago, but negotiations in the Senate had been in a stalemate for months. Business groups and the White House had […]
Ed Surge by Tina Nazerian When Case Western Reserve University launches a new health education campus with the Cleveland Clinic next year, one feature will be conspicuously absent. There will be no place for cadavers. The school plans to replace the usual anatomy labs with a new series of hands-on […]
Daily Caller by Richard Pollock University of Phoenix has close ties to former President Barack Obama and his administration, which issued strict regulations against such for-profit colleges. The university’s parent organization is still facing a federal investigation two years after Obama’s best friend purchased the company. The purchase took the […]