Fox News. This June marks two significant milestones for America’s veterans. Earlier this month—on June 6—the new “MISSION Act” when into effect, affording veterans inside the Veterans Affairs system significantly more choice in their health care options. If veterans cannot be seen in a timely manner, or live too far […]
The Hechinger Report. Busloads of boisterous high school students from across the Los Angeles basin poured into the Pasadena Convention Center, where colleges from around the world were poised to pitch them. There were recruiters from the East. Recruiters from the Midwest. Recruiters from universities in Wales, Greece and Australia. […]
Forbes. As you may know, my wife writes for television. Her show is The Handmaid’s Tale, which means no joking at home, ever. (Welcome to my alternative outlet…) As she figures the fault lines of America’s dystopian future (some would say present), she’s also navigating a major divide in her […]
Education Dive. Dive Brief: The majority of Americans identifying as either Democrats or Republicans think the federal government should protect students from poor-performing schools, finds a new survey of likely voters by Third Way, a left-leaning think tank. While 55% of respondents said they view higher ed favorably, larger shares said […]
MarketWatch. More than 18,000 students who attended a now-defunct for-profit college will have $168 million in private loan debt discharged. The loan cancellation is part of a proposed deal between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, attorneys general of 43 states and the District of Columbia and Student CU Connect (or […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education. To the Editor: Your article, “The Business Case for Enrolling Military Veterans” (The Chronicle, June 4), peddled the same old arguments about taxpaying schools (read for-profit colleges for those that enjoy demonizing the sector). You blamed “aggressive recruiting” for high veteran attendance at taxpaying colleges […]
The San Diego Union-Tribune The popular yet rocky industry of coding boot camps has suffered its latest blow. Origin Code Academy, a San Diego-based school for software developers, is closing its doors next month following repeated financial setbacks. The school, founded in 2015, taught students coding skills to help them […]
CooleyED. Kate Lee Carey, Jonathon Glass, Mike Goldstein and Vince Sampson The Borrower Defense to Repayment Rule is back, thanks to a September 17 federal court order that overturned Secretary DeVos’ action suspending implementation of the existing rule, followed by the October 16 final order denying CAPPS’ request for injunctive […]
Education Dive. October 19, 2018 Dive Brief: For-profit college operator Education Corporation of America (ECA) filed a lawsuit in a federal district court in Alabama against the Education Department and its Secretary Betsy DeVos that asks the court to appoint a receiver to oversee the company’s assets so it can […]
Inside Higher Ed. The U.S. Senate education committee got into the weeds of higher education policy again Thursday, examining how the federal government could open up innovation by colleges and universities. But the biggest buzzword that emerged from a two-hour hearing — “guardrails” — signaled the focus of Democrats and […]