Inside HigherEd By Doug Lederman December 8, 2016 USA Funds, which was one of the country’s largest guarantors of federal student loans when banks originated most such loans, announced Wednesday that it would transfer its guarantor operations to Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation and focus fully on its newfound role […]
Inside HigherEd The Case Against Oversimplified Accountability Focus on any single labor market metric to judge colleges’ outcomes will create flawed policy, but a mix of such measures can help evaluate institutions’ performance, scholarly study finds. By Kasia Kovacs December 6, 2016 Policy makers of all political stripes have been […]
Inside HigherEd By Andrew Kreighbaum December 6, 2016 The Debt Collective, an activist group and offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, is calling on the Obama administration to provide debt relief for student loan borrowers who say they were defrauded by for-profit institutions before President Obama leaves office next […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education By Eric Kelderman December 05, 2016 St. Petersburg, Fla. As the impact of the 2016 elections takes shape in statehouses, there are early signs that some policy proposals made by President-elect Donald J. Trump are prompting reactions from governors and state legislators. For those who […]
Bloomberg For-profit intensive engineering academies have become prevalent, but some graduates find themselves in debt and unprepared for tech jobs. by Sarah McBride December 6, 2016 It was a calamitous job interview two years ago that prompted Jose Contreras to demand his money back from the coding school he attended. […]
Inside HigherEd By Brian O’Leary and Joshua Hatch December 4, 2016 The Chronicle’s executive-compensation package includes the latest data on more than 1,200 chief executives at more than 600 private colleges from 2008-14 and nearly 250 public universities and systems from 2010-15. Hover over bars to show total compensation as […]
Inside HigherEd By Carl Straumsheim December 5, 2016 The University of Wisconsin at Green Bay has begun notifying applicants that they have been accepted through the messaging app Snapchat, WBAY reported. The university still sends traditional acceptance packets to students by mail, but admissions officers said using Snapchat means reaching […]
Inside HigherEd A new study finds that among community college students in California, 70 percent experience the threat of housing insecurity or homelessness, and 12 percent experience the threat of hunger. More than 70 percent of these students are enrolled in remedial mathematics, pointing to the relationship between poverty and educational challenges, the […]
Inside HigherEd By Andrew Kreighbaum December 5, 2016 North Carolina Republican Virginia Foxx, a vocal critic of the Obama administration’s higher education policies, will be the chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Foxx, a former community college president, replaces Minnesota Republican John Kline, who is retiring […]
Inside HigherEd By Paul Fain December 5, 2016 Overall national college completion rates are rising after a two-year slide, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, which tracks 97 percent of all college enrollments. For college students who first enrolled in 2010, the overall six-year graduation rate […]