Inside Higher Ed Emma Whitford February 5, 2021 State sociopolitical factors strongly influenced four-year public colleges in their reopening decisions, new working paper finds. County sociopolitical factors played into decision making at private four-year colleges and two-year public colleges. In fall reopening announcements, colleges and universities emphasized student and employee […]
Inside Higher Ed Lilah Burke February 5, 2021 Of the 650,000 Californians who are incarcerated, on parole or on probation, fewer than 20,000 are enrolled in some form of higher education, a new report from the Campaign for College Opportunity suggests. Through focus groups with formerly incarcerated people in California who attended […]
CNBC Annie Nova February 4, 2021 KEY POINTS The Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer of New York, along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and other Democrats on Thursday put forward a resolution calling on President Joe Biden to forgive $50,000 in student debt for all borrowers. The plan would cancel […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami February 4, 2021 The president’s nominees for Education Department have records of advocating for student borrowers and close ties to progressive senators Warren and Sanders. The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a slew of appointments to the Education Department, including well-known higher ed advocates, people […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami February 4,2021 President Biden’s nominee for education secretary, Miguel Cardona, appears to headed for confirmation by the Senate after a hearing Wednesday free of fireworks, save for whether transgender girls should be competing against cisgender girls in high school sports. Senator Richard Burr of North […]
Ed Source Ashley A. Smith February 3, 2021 Students would get guaranteed admission to a specific California State University or University of California campus. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to ease the transfer from community colleges to California’s public universities, and newly released details draw a clearer picture of how that could […]
HIGHER ED DIVE Natalie Schwartz February 2, 2021 Dive Brief: Post University, a for-profit college in Connecticut, plans to acquire the for-profit American Sentinel University, the Colorado-based online nursing school announced Monday. American Sentinel will become Post’s college of nursing and health sciences. The two institutions did not disclose the financial terms […]
HIGHER ED DIVE Hallie Busta February 2, 2021 UPDATE: Feb. 2, 2021: Grand Canyon University is taking the U.S. Department of Education to court in an effort to require the federal agency to classify it as a nonprofit institution for the purpose of receiving federal financial aid. In a filing Tuesday in the U.S. […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami February 3, 2021 Concerned they are being left out of getting additional help in the next coronavirus relief package, the association representing for-profit colleges and universities said their students were helped by previous relief funding and would be helped by more aid. Eighty-four percent of 15 […]
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS February 1, 2021 ”Adtalem is overpaying for an inferior and potentially toxic asset, much like the ones the company has tried so hard to divest.” (Bloomberg) — Adtalem Global Education Inc. is being urged by two investors to halt its $1.5 billion acquisition of Walden University until the U.S. […]