Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott January 26, 2023 The Skills First Coalition, a group of American businesses and education and training providers, wants the 118th Congress to pass legislation that would expand Pell Grants to short-term programs, improve the transfer of credits between higher education institutions and support new approaches […]
Ed Source Ashley A. Smith January 25, 2023 Some campuses could see budget cuts Decreases in Cal State enrollment have officials worried. Interim Chancellor Jolene Koester first warned last year that enrollment projections were down across the 23 campus system. She now concludes that those drops are real and can […]
Arkansas Times Debra Hale-Shelton January 24, 2023 A nonprofit entity affiliated with the University of Arkansas System has been in discussions about a potential purchase of the for-profit University of Phoenix, a spokesman for the UA System confirmed today. The University of Phoenix is one of the nation’s largest for-profit colleges. “Because these […]
Ed Source January 20, 2023 Seeking to recruit more transfer students, UC identified 65 colleges where it wants to deepen existing partnerships he University of California is planning to expand outreach at more than half of the state’s community colleges in an effort to increase the number of students who successfully […]
Forbes Guy Tytunovich January 20, 2023 Guy Tytunovich is the founder and CEO of CHEQ, a leader in go-to-market security. Higher education is in a state of drastic transition. Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, colleges and universities have had to rapidly adapt to the challenges posed by the virus, […]
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott January 18, 2023 The Office of Federal Student Aid didn’t follow best practices in budgeting, planning and managing the modernization of its student loan system, the Education Department’s Office of Inspector General found in an audit published Tuesday. FSA staff didn’t complete budget requests for many components […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz January 17, 2023 Dive Brief: Three higher education institutions filed notices last week that they intend to appeal a $6 billion settlement from the U.S. Department of Education that would automatically clear federal student loan debts for roughly 200,000 borrowers who say their colleges defrauded […]
Fortune Tony Schmitz and The Conversation January 4, 2023 The U.S. Navy is beginning to build 12 top-of-the-line nuclear submarines , with the first one scheduled to be completed by 2027. But it is missing a critical ingredient: many of an estimated 50,000 skilled workers to get the job done. It also lacks a […]
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott January 13, 2023 Unlike such efforts in the past, the list is expected to include many kinds of institutions, not just a focus on for-profits. Nearly a decade after the Obama administration broached the idea of rating colleges and universities, the Biden administration is ready […]
Fox Business Nora Colomer January 12, 2023 New repayment plan benefits lower-income borrowers the most, expert says The Biden administration unveiled a new loan repayment program to reduce loan payments for undergraduate students that will be especially beneficial for low and middle-income borrowers. The Department of Education’s proposed rule would modify […]