USA Today Chris Quintana April 28, 2022 Amid constant pressure from progressive lawmakers for widespread student loan debt forgiveness, the Biden administration on Thursday announced a new round of targeted relief – this time for past students of a beauty school that authorities say failed to train students in its cosmetology programs “how […]
Higher Ed Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf April 28, 2022 Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education plans to issue its proposed Title IX regulation governing how colleges and K-12 schools should investigate and punish sexual violence in May, and not this month as it said previously. Catherine Lhamon, who leads the […]
Inside Higher Ed Maria Carrasco April 12, 2022 Colleges are creating new funds and programs to pay students for work when employers won’t. It’s one way to equalize internship opportunities, which have historically excluded low-income students. Internships tend to advantage students who are already advantaged—essentially those who can afford to […]
Inside Higher Ed Doug Lederman April 26, 2022 ECMC Group, the student loan guarantee agency turned nonprofit education services company, has quietly announced that it would close the three remaining campuses of the former Corinthian Colleges for-profit chain it purchased in 2015. Altierus Career College, as the former Corinthian campuses are known, […]
SJVC April 21, 2022 For 45 years SJVC has served students with a commitment to excellence. Thank you to the following representatives for joining us in celebrating this milestone! • Jay Obernolte, U.S. Representative, California 8th District • Dr. Jason Altmire, President & CEO, Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU) […]
cfpb Consumer Financial Protection Bureau April 25, 2022 Bureau Seeks Comment on Updated Procedures Washington, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it is invoking a largely unused legal provision to examine nonbank financial companies that pose risks to consumers. The CFPB believes that utilizing this dormant authority […]
Axios Shawna Chen April 15, 2022 The Department of Education will soon take new actions to tackle student debt and address longstanding issues with paying off federal student loans, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The move comes as the Biden administration struggles with growing calls to cancel student debt. The […]
Yahoo Finance Aarthi Swaminathan April 15, 2022 A single mom who signed up for a $30,000 income-share agreement at a for-profit coding bootcamp has filed a lawsuit in California, alleging she entered the agreement under “false pretenses.” Redmond, Washington-based Emily Bruner is suing Bloom Institute of Technology, formerly known as […]
Sacramento Business Journal Mark Anderson April 16, 2022 University of Phoenix, which has had a physical campus in South Natomas since at least the early 1990s, is phasing out the local campus over the next two years, reflecting its students’ preference for online courses. The University of Phoenix, Sacramento Valley […]
NASFAA Hugh T. Ferguson April 11, 2022 The continued extension of the federal payment pause on student loans and interest accrual has been a relief to borrowers, but amid this freeze a simple accountability metric on institutions of higher education may be less useful in the coming years, allowing programs […]