The American Prospect David Dayen June 7, 2022 A previously undisclosed memo to the Education Department offers a step-by-step guide to closing predatory schools before they suck up more federal loans. Last week’s announcement that the Education Department would automatically cancel all $5.8 billion in student loans from the defunct, predatory for-profit […]
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Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman May 27, 2022 The California Assembly unanimously passed new legislation on Wednesday to advance reforms to remedial education in the California Community Colleges system. The legislation, Assembly Bill 1705, builds off a law passed in 2017, which prevented community colleges from requiring remedial English or math […]
Inside Higher Ed Meghan Brink May 26, 2022 A new study released Wednesday by Ithaka S+R found that changes to federal policy governing accrediting agencies have had a limited impact on improving student outcomes. The accreditation process in higher education is important to how institutions of higher education gain access to Title IV […]
Fox Business Kristen Altus Low attendance cost, strong skilled worker demand credited for up to 40% new student growth at trade schools With the number of U.S. job openings rising to 11.5 million at the end of March, trade schools are finding a growing demand for their low-cost, low-time commitment programs that produce big […]
Inside Higher Ed Josh Moody May 26, 2022 New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show total enrollment declined 4.1 percent since last spring. Community colleges are once again the sector hit the hardest. Enrollment across all sectors of higher education continued to decline this past semester, extending a trend that […]
The Hechinger Report Josh Wyner May 23, 2022 Four-year colleges must take notice — and reach out to nontraditional students U.S. college enrollments have declined by 3 million students over the past decade. While the decrease has been concentrated in community colleges, it’s coming soon to many four-year institutions. Demographers predict […]
Campus Technology Kristal Kuykendall May 20, 2022 According to nonprofit ECMC Group‘s latest Question The Quo Education Pulse survey of 14- to 18-year-olds, high-schoolers are paying attention to the career landscape and workforce shortages, and they’re looking for the fastest, least expensive route to careers in high-demand fields. About three-fourths of the 5,300 […]
Federal Student Aid May 20, 2022 AUTHOR: Office of the Inspector General Non-Federal Audit Team ELECTRONIC ANNOUNCEMENT ID: GENERAL-22-28 SUBJECT: Availability of 2022 Guide for Compliance Attestation Engagements of Proprietary Schools Expending Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Grants The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Inspector General has published the 2022 version of […]
College 101 America is home to more than 6000 colleges serving about 19M students. College accreditors are tasked with overseeing the academic quality of these colleges and with serving as gatekeepers of federal financial aid for them. We wanted to understand how often accreditors take action to discipline colleges for […]