The Chronicle of Higher Education By Adam Harris April 13, 2017 Olivier Douliery-Pool, Getty Images Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said this week that she was withdrawing three Obama-era memos focused on student-loan servicing and consumer protections. That move is the latest in a string of bad signs for borrowers, some […]
Bloomberg April 12, 2017 8:59 AM EDT At the March Federal Open Market Committee meeting, I voted in favor of raising the federal funds rate. The U.S. economy is getting stronger and making good progress toward achieving the Federal Reserve’s full-employment and price-stability goals. Despite this progress, challenges remain that […]
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) is proposing changes to classifications contained in the California Workers’ Compensation Uniform Statistical Reporting Plan–1995 (USRP) that may apply to employers in your industry. These changes are consistent with established classification procedure and do not reflect any change to the application […]
Education Week By Alyson Klein on April 12, 2017 4:45 PM By Alyson Klein and Andrew Ujifusa U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has announced a slate of hires for key positions in the department. Many of these folks have been working in the Education Department since the beginning of […]
Bloomberg Politics by Shannon Pettypiece @spettypiMore stories by Shannon Pettypiece April 11, 2017 8:00 PM PDT April 12, 2017 4:48 AM PDT President Donald Trump is issuing a presidential memorandum that will call for a rethinking of the entire structure of the federal government, a move that could eventually lead […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education April 11, 2017 by Adam Harris Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday withdrew three memos, issued during President Barack Obama’s administration, that had been focused on streamlining the student-loan-servicing industry and improving customer service for borrowers. Ms. DeVos described the move in a letter to James W. […]
PYMNTS.com By PYMNTS Posted on April 10, 2017 As an alternative to Federal Plus and private student loans, more students are looking to income share agreements as a way to fund higher education. In an income share agreement, an investor essentially fronts a student’s college tuition under the condition that […]
Forbes Quora , Contributor Apr 10, 2017 @ 01:51 PM What do you think of Silicon Valley’s critical attitude towards college these days? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Jay Wacker, works in […]
Inside Higher Ed Employers have a retention issue of their own: holding on to their workers. Employer-paid tuition programs to help workers go to college are part of the solution, writes Rachel Carlson. By Rachel Carlson April 11, 2017 Those of us who work in higher education know our retention […]
Inside Higher Ed Year-Round Pell’s Likely Return Congressional Republicans and the Trump White House appear poised to bring back year-round Pell Grant eligibility, which the Obama administration and Congress nixed in 2012 over cost concerns. By Paul Fain April 6, 2017 Getty Images Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Senator Lamar […]