Inside Higher Ed T. Markus Funk and Jean – Jacques Cabou May 8, 2024 Colleges should be wary of adopting weaker due process protections permitted under the new Title IX regulations, T. Markus Funk and Jean-Jacques Cabou write. The White House approved and released the Department of Education’s sweeping changes to Title […]
NASFAA Jill Desjean May 6, 2024 NASFAA knows this year’s FAFSA rollercoaster has consumed more of the financial aid office’s energies than in years past. However, this year’s changes aren’t limited to FAFSA simplification. They include several regulatory changes that become effective July 1, 2024. Read on to make sure your campus […]
WCET Frontiers May 2, 2024 On May 1, leading higher education organizations jointly submitted a letter to the Department of Education (the Department) detailing concerns about recently raised proposals regarding state authorization reciprocity agreements. Earlier this year, the Department’s negotiated rulemaking sessions included several recommendations to alter the operations of such state-to-state […]
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott May 2, 2024 The Education Department will wipe out $6.1 billion in loans for students who attended any Art Institute campus from 2004 to 2017. The relief comes through the borrower defense to repayment program, which allows students who were misled or defrauded by their institution to […]
North-West College Doug Cowley April 30, 2024 PASADENA, Calif.—For more than 550 graduates from North-West College (NWC) and sister colleges Glendale Career College (GCC) and the Marsha Fuerst School of Nursing (MFSON), Sunday, April 28 served as a milestone moment as they gathered for their Commencement Ceremony. Held at the […]
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott April 30, 2024 Six states and a group of conservative advocacy organizations filed lawsuits Monday to block the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule and accused the Department of Education of acting unlawfully and overreaching. In two lawsuits filed in Louisiana and Alabama, the plaintiffs argued that […]
Higher Ed Dive April 30, 2024 We’re keeping track of companies’ profits, losses and strategies to monitor major developments in the higher ed industry. The U.S. higher education sector includes a handful of publicly traded companies, which are federally required to regularly provide updates about their business and performance. These […]
Minding the Campus Andrew Gillen April 29, 2024 Immediately after the Supreme Court overturned his last big student loan forgiveness plan, President Biden announced a new effort that would rely on a different law, an effort that is now nearing completion. The administration has released the draft regulations that would waive accrued interest, forgive […]
Higher Ed Dive Ben Unglesbee April 26, 2024 The Ohio institution’s move to close comes around the same time that Mountain State College, another proprietary institution, shut down permanently. Dive Brief: The North Coast College, a for-profit in Ohio, plans to close at the end of August after years of financial […]
The Hechinger Report Jon Marcus April 26, 2024 Most never finish their degrees, and alumni wonder about the value of degrees they’ve earned It was when the shuttle bus stopped coming that Luka Fernandes began to worry. Fernandes was a student at Newbury College near Boston whose enrollment had declined […]