The United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Isakson, Tester Applaud Committee Approval of Comprehensive G.I. Bill Reforms Bipartisan legislation seeks to improve veterans’ education benefits, enhance post-9/11 G.I. Bill Wednesday, July 26, 2017 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Jon Tester, D-Mont., chairman and ranking member of the […]
Student loan companies to feds: Tell states to stop regulating us Published: July 29, 2017 8:10 a.m. ET The request comes as a number of states consider proposals to license student loan servicers By JILLIANBERMAN REPORTER Over the past few years, lawmakers in Maine, California, Illinois and elsewhere have worked to pass […]
Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain July 27, 2017 A new report seeks to describe the landscape of non-degree postsecondary training, with a focus on five categories: certificate programs, work-based training (such as apprenticeships), skills-based short programs (coding boot camps), massive open online courses and other online microcredentials, and competency-based education programs. The report’s authors […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum July 27, 2017 The U.S. Department of Education has not approved any borrower defense applications since the beginning of the Trump administration, a department official told Democratic senators this month. Borrower defense to repayment, until recently an obscure provision of the Higher Education Act, allows […]
Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain July 27, 2017 In the latest development in an eventful saga, Ashford University on Wednesday announced that it is closer to preserving access to Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. The online university enrolls roughly 5,000 student veterans. But last year Iowa’s state approval agency attempted to strip the […]
The Hechinger Report The problem is worst in the Midwest and the Northeast by ISAAC CAREY and JON MARCUS The number of college and university students has dropped for five straight years, to about 18 million in the semester just ended, and no upswing is expected until 2023. What growth does lie ahead […]
Inside Higher Ed College Degrees Lead to ‘Good Jobs’ Associate and four-year degrees lead to a growing share of well-paying jobs, study finds, as struggles increase for workers with only a high school credential. By Paul Fain July 26, 2017 NOVA Graduation ceremony at Northern Virginia Community College The college degree […]
University Business FINANCIAL AID Students promise to pay tuition fees Communicating students’ obligation to pay via financial responsibility agreements Nancy Mann Jackson July 26, 2017 Top topics for a student financial responsibility agreement. While the concept may seem unnecessary, a formal document—signed by each student—that states tuition payments are, in fact, expected […]
Career Education Review July 26, 2017 Jenny A study finds the typical Iowa college student graduates with $29,000 in debt, among the highest rates in the country. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is introducing legislation that would boost the amount of information students get before signing on the dotted line for […]
Inside Higher Ed For-profit Ashford University, facing loss of access to GI Bill benefits by month’s end, needs approval from a state to stop thousands of student veterans from losing aid. By Ashley A. Smith June 10, 2016 Roughly 5,000 veterans attending for-profit Ashford University may lose access to their GI […]