Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman March 29, 2022 California lawmakers are trying to close Calbright College for a third consecutive year. Will they be successful this time? California state legislators are threatening to shut down Calbright College—again. Assemblymember Jose Medina recently introduced a bill that would permanently shutter the state’s […]
NPR March 28, 2022 Anya Steinberg and Elissa Nadworny It’s a typical school day for Lisa Alaniz — she and her classmates stand in a warehouse-like room, cutting wood and piecing together the rafters of a shed. They’re students at Texas State Technical College working toward an associate’s degree in […]
Inside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik March 24, 2022 The Education Department announced new measures that will hold companies that own for-profit colleges that fail responsible for the funds owed to the federal government, including liabilities arising from closed-college loan discharges and borrower defense to repayment claims. This will ensure that even if […]
Ed Source Michael Burke March 22, 2022 Many colleges have ignored requests for data on enrollment and application fraud. California community college system officials are having trouble collecting data from local colleges across the state on key issues like enrollment, campus policing and application fraud. And now, the state chancellor’s office […]
NASFAA Owen Daugherty March 23, 2022 NASFAA last week joined a letter along with more than a dozen organizations raising concerns regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) recent announcement of key changes to the 85-15 rule, specifically changes in the requirements for a 35% exemption. The letter, addressed to chairs and […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz March 21, 2022 Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education reached consensus last week with higher education sector representatives on a proposal for a revamped 90/10 rule. The rule prohibits for-profit colleges from receiving more than 90% of their revenue from federal student aid. Representatives […]
CECU March 22, 2022 CECU has learned that the U.S. Department of Education will announce an initiative tomorrow morning to ensure that companies that own higher education institutions that close or owe other liabilities to the federal government are held responsible. We have heard that the Department is not focused […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz March 18, 2022 Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education failed to reach agreement this week with key higher education representatives on the Biden administration’s proposals for several new regulations, including those that would heavily affect the for-profit sector and monitoring of colleges’ financial health. […]
CECU March 18, 2022 Arlington, VA – Today marks the end of the U.S. Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking committee on Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility. As part of this rulemaking, the Department proposed modifying regulations on the 90/10 rule, resurrecting the Gainful Employment regulations, and changes to various other regulations under […]
The Fresno Bee Tim Sheehan March 14, 2022 Inside a large hangar on the grounds of the Fresno Yosemite International Airport, students in the San Joaquin Valley College aviation maintenance technology program learn about the nuts and bolts – literally – of taking care of aircraft engines and airplanes. There […]