IFAP Posted Date: March 16, 2018 Author: Federal Student Aid Subject: Gainful Employment Electronic Announcement #112 – Correcting Reported GE Program Data Prior to Distribution of Draft GE Completers Lists We intend to create Draft Gainful Employment (GE) Completers Lists later this spring and distribute those lists to institutions. To […]
US Department of Education Secretary DeVos Announces New Support for Wildfire Impacted Schools in California MARCH 16, 2018 Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today new federal assistance for students and schools impacted by the October 2017 California wildfires. The California Department of Education will […]
AP News US job openings soar to record high of 6.3 million By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Mar. 16, 2018 WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers sharply ramped up their demand for workers in January, advertising 6.3 million jobs at the end of the month, the most on records dating back 17 years. […]
NASFAA Neg Reg Day 2: Lack of Data Impedes Progress on Gainful Employment By Allie Bidwell, NASFAA Senior Reporter Negotiators continued to struggle to make progress toward consensus on re-writing a federal gainful employment rule, with many expressing concern that they did not have sufficient data to make informed decisions. […]
Chronicle of Higher Education A Sector in Flux: How For-Profit Higher Ed Has Shifted By Dan Bauman and Goldie Blumenstyk MARCH 13, 2018 Over the last two years, many of the for-profit-college industry’s biggest players have merged with onetime competitors, moved from for-profit to nonprofit status, or left the business altogether. […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education Education Dept. Wants to Block States’ Student-Loan Rules. States Are Fighting Back. By Adam Harris MARCH 12, 2018 The U.S. Education Department wants states to defer to federal oversight of the companies that service the billions of dollars in student loans that it issues, but the […]
Inside Higher Ed European Rules (and Big Fines) for American Colleges Despite the deadline being less than three months away, few colleges are prepared for strict new European data-protection rules. By Lindsay McKenzie March 13, 2018 A German student uses your website to apply for admission. An alumnus who lives in […]
US Dept of Veterans Affairs VA Expands Transparency Efforts of Institutions Receiving GI Bill Payments Releases data disclosing tuition and fee payments to educational organizations WASHINGTON — As part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) ongoing commitment to expand public transparency and accountability of agency expenditures, VA today […]
Inside Higher Ed Ashford Seeks to Become a Nonprofit Ashford University is the latest big for-profit bidding to become nonprofit. The university’s owner, Bridgepoint Education, will seek to become an online program management company. By Paul Fain March 13, 2018 Another large for-profit university is seeking to become a nonprofit. Bridgepoint […]
NASFAA Negotiators Struggle With Details in Final Gainful Employment Neg Reg By Allie Bidwell, NASFAA Senior Reporter Higher education stakeholders gathered for the final negotiated rulemaking session on gainful employment struggled to make progress toward a consensus on Monday, as discussions jumped between topics and slowed on several details around […]