Inside Higher Ed Meghan Brink June 22, 2022 The Biden administration confirmed that it does not have the legal authority to hold former executives of the now-defunct for-profit college system Corinthian Colleges accountable to help recover any of the $5.8 billion in student debt that the administration moved to forgive in early […]
Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman June 14, 2022 At least a third of California Community Colleges are still enrolling students in remedial math courses despite state legislation in place to prevent students from being required to take unnecessary noncredit coursework, according to a recent report by the California Acceleration Project, a faculty-driven […]
Career Education Review Jenny June 9, 2022 Unitek Learning to Help Transform Healthcare Workforce Unitek Learning, the parent company for five distinguished learning institutions in the areas of healthcare, nursing, and emergency medical services, has partnered with Sierra View Medical Center in Porterville, California. In 1958, Sierra View Medical Center opened its […]
Yahoo News Ayelat Sheffey June 3, 2022 Biden recently wiped out $5.8 billion in student debt for defrauded Corinthian Colleges students. GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx slammed the relief, saying Biden is “exercising authority that he does not have.” Foxx has long criticized plans to forgive student debt broadly, citing its […]
New York Post Carrie Sheffield June 3, 2022 The Biden administration’s decision to “forgive” $5.8 billion in debt for 560,000 former Corinthian College students is terrible policy that could backfire politically. And of course, the loans aren’t truly “forgiven” because they will be shouldered by taxpayers, including poor and middle-class Americans who […]
UB University Business Chris Burt June 7, 2022 A new survey from ECMC and Vice Media questions just how well colleges can prepare them for the future. Three refrains from the next generation of students and higher ed experts have bombarded college and university leaders over the past two years: […]
CNN Politics June 7, 2022 Ronald Brownstein An earthquake is building in Tuesday’s California elections that could rattle the political landscape from coast to coast. In Los Angeles and San Francisco, two of the nation’s most liberal large cities, voters are poised to send stinging messages of discontent over mounting public disorder, […]
AP News Michael R. Blood June 7, 2022 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and billionaire developer Rick Caruso breezed past a large field of rivals looking to be the next mayor of Los Angeles and advanced Tuesday to a runoff election in November. An early tally […]
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 […]
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 […]