News

Trends in Higher Education: Finance

Trends in Higher Education: Finance

Legislative Analyst’s Office  May 9, 2024 Description: This brief is the fourth of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. The fourth brief focuses on higher education finance and how it has changed over the past few decades. The brief also raises key issues for the Legislature to consider as it […]

Read More
Does College Pay Off? A Comprehensive Return On Investment Analysis

Does College Pay Off? A Comprehensive Return On Investment Analysis

Medium Preston Cooper May 8, 2024 Key Points This report estimates return on investment (ROI) — how much college increases lifetime earnings, minus the costs of college — for 53,000 different degree and certificate programs. Bachelor’s degree programs have a median ROI of $160,000, but the payoff varies by field […]

Read More
Fake Websites Pop Up Advertising Closed Universities

Fake Websites Pop Up Advertising Closed Universities

Inside Higher Ed Lauren Coffey May 10, 2024 Multiple websites have cropped up advertising colleges that are no longer operating, USA Today reported. The newspaper’s investigation found at least nine websites seemingly representing institutions that have been shuttered for years. Many of the sites required an application fee, as well as […]

Read More
Cardona Tangles With House Republicans

Cardona Tangles With House Republicans

Inside Higher Ed  Katherine Knott May 8, 2024 In a fiery House hearing Tuesday, the education secretary apologized for FAFSA delays and pressed for more funding to support investigations into campus antisemitism. But many of his answers frustrated Republicans. In what may have been Miguel Cardona’s final appearance before the […]

Read More
COVID Relief Funds for CA Colleges are Expiring. Now What?

COVID Relief Funds for CA Colleges are Expiring. Now What?

The 74 Adam Echelman May 3, 2024 In March 2020, colleges were on the verge of a crisis. Students were dropping out en masse, and California’s public colleges and universities predicted they might lose billions of dollars within the year. Enter the federal government. In three installments over the following […]

Read More
For Title IX, Beware Diminishing Due Process

For Title IX, Beware Diminishing Due Process

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 […]

Read More
Is Your Campus Ready for New Regulations Effective July 1, 2024?

Is Your Campus Ready for New Regulations Effective July 1, 2024?

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 […]

Read More
In Defense of Reciprocity – A Joint Letter to the Department of Education & Call to Action

In Defense of Reciprocity – A Joint Letter to the Department of Education & Call to Action

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 […]

Read More