Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum March 30, 2017 The Trump administration defended the gainful-employment rule in federal court Wednesday, suggesting that it may not quickly roll back the regulation designed to crack down on programs graduating students unable to pay down high student loan debt loads. The American Association […]
LA Times The future of higher education is often the subject of debate; what constitutes a valuable education for students continues to shift as student demographics change. Recently, government regulators and other external stakeholders have been questioning the value of for-profit higher education, specifically, citing for-profit colleges and universities that […]
Inside Higher Ed Better Marriage Between College and Job Training Republican-dominated Washington wants more occupational job training as an alternative to college degrees. But higher education will remain the federal government’s primary job-training system, albeit one experts say could use a reboot. By Paul Fain March 22, 2017 Getty Images […]
The Hill By Colin Hanna, opinion contributor – 03/15/17 12:43 PM EDT © Getty Despite an encouraging number of new jobs created last month — 235,000 new jobs added — the nation has a long way to go when it comes to getting more people back to work at good […]
The Hill By David Muhlhausen, opinion contributor – 03/14/17 02:40 PM EDT 64 © Getty Images Last Nov. 8, while millions of Americans flocked to the polls, the U.S. Labor Department slyly released an embarrassing report. The “Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Gold Standard Evaluation,” completed six months earlier, concluded […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education March 14, 2017 by Adam Harris Senate Democrats Seek Answers on Delayed Enforcement of Gainful Employment A dozen Democrats in the U.S. Senate are seeking answers from the Department of Education over its decision last week to delay the effective date of the gainful-employment rule […]
Inside Higher Ed By Ashley A. Smith March 14, 2017 California Democratic legislators proposed a college aid plan Monday to cover tuition and living expenses for the state’s students in an effort to rein in student debt, according to the Los Angeles Times. The proposal would supplement the state’s existing […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum March 10, 2017 Six days after the Internal Revenue Service’s data retrieval tool for the federal financial aid system went down, the Department of Education and IRS said Thursday they anticipate the tool will be unavailable for several more weeks. The ongoing issue is […]
Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain March 9, 2017 The U.S. Department of Education this week released the annual update of its financial responsibility test scores for private colleges, which is based on data from 2014-15. The 187 institutions that have a failing score — most of which are small […]
The Indiana Lawyer Carmel-based ITT closed in September after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. (IBJ file photo) Although not surprising, the announcement that the ITT Educational Services Inc. bankruptcy trustee is taking a closer look at the directors and officers of the now-closed for-profit college does indicate there […]