Inside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik May 10, 2022 City College of San Francisco eliminated the jobs of 38 full-time faculty members on Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The original plan was to eliminate 50 such jobs. The college says the layoffs reflect enrollment declines, but faculty leaders say the layoffs will […]
Ed Source Michael Burke May 5, 2022 New bill would create additional rules forcing community to allow students to take higher level courses. Arguing that too many community college students are getting stuck in remedial classes, California lawmakers are pushing a new bill that would create stricter rules dictating when colleges […]
Inside Higher Ed Doug Lederman May 6, 2022 Eagerly awaited U.S. review of companies that manage colleges’ online academic programs urges more Education Department scrutiny but doesn’t appear to significantly threaten revenue-sharing deals. A long-awaited federal review of companies that many colleges contract with to help design and manage their […]
Ed Surge Nadia Tamez-Robledo May 5, 2022 College Scorecard and its mountainous trove of data are ripe for providing insights about the value of a degree—if you can wade through it. We decided to dig into the data to see how colleges and programs stack up when it comes to […]
GAO – U.S. Government Office May 5, 2022 Fast Facts Colleges can use third-party online program managers to help run their online education programs. These managers often recruit students, in addition to providing other services. Many online managers are paid a share of tuition revenue—an arrangement the Department of Education […]
Higher Ed Dive Rick Seltzer May 5, 2022 Dive Brief: Universal Technical Institute has agreed to buy Concorde Career Colleges in a $50 million deal, it announced Tuesday, making a move into healthcare programs as it seeks to grow revenue and diversify its postsecondary training offerings. Concorde, a 17-campus for-profit […]
Community College Daily David Baime May 4, 2022 Numerous community colleges have not yet submitted their Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Annual Performance Reports, covering activity funded between January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. Institutions that fail to submit the report to the U.S. Education Department (ED) by […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz May 3, 2022 Dive Brief: Transfer enrollment dropped 6.9% this spring compared to last year, with upward transfers from two-year colleges to four-year institutions bearing the brunt of the declines, according to data released Tuesday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Those upward transfers dropped 11.6% […]
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget May 3, 2022 Amid criticisms that student debt cancelation would be costly and regressive, the Biden Administration is apparently considering means-testing debt cancellation. Specifically, reports suggest the Administration may cancel $10,000 or more of federal student debt for individual borrowers making less than $125,000 or $150,000 per year and […]
Florida Daily Kevin Derby May 1, 2022 More than a half-decade after first introducing the proposal, U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Michael Bennet, D-Col., continue to champion the “Higher Education Innovation Act.” “The bill would ensure students who attend high-quality trade schools, community colleges, and other post-secondary programs have access to […]