Washington Examiner Beth Akers September 29, 2021 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued a crackdown on an industry providing a new financial product, income share agreements (ISAs), that can help students to better manage the cost of college. Many observers of the higher education space anticipated this would happen eventually. […]
Committee on Education & Labor September 28, 2021 Today, Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a third letter to Department of Education Secretary Cardona requesting an update […]
Higher Ed Dive Rick Seltzer September 28, 2021 Arthur Levine discusses how trends like personalized education are unfolding, what’s driving them, and what can go right or wrong for colleges. If you believe the underlying premise of Arthur Levine’s and Scott Van Pelt’s new book, the country is moving from […]
Career Education Review Jenny September 29, 2021 Summer Hernandez – Bellus Academy – Chula Vista, Graduate I was in the navy from 2013-2018. When I was stationed overseas I started doing makeup for navy ball’s & high school events! Everyone told me I was good at makeup so I started […]
Phil on Ed Tech September 21, 2021 Phil Hill Last week I shared a profile of US online education enrollment based on the new IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2020 data set – the first mid-pandemic national distance education (DE) profile. Let’s look at the institutions with the top online enrollments along with some […]
Federal Student Aid September 24, 2021 Reminder: Mandatory SAIG Software Upgrade by Oct. 23, 2021 to Maintain Access to the SAIG As a reminder, to comply with an important federal mandate to improve email and web security, a new version of Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) software—EDconnect or TDClient—must be […]
The Job September 23, 2021 A growing number of businesses appear to be dropping degree requirements in hiring. The potential shift comes as Byron Auguste, CEO of Opportunity@Work, and others argue that privileging job applicants with four-year degrees excludes millions of Americans from the middle class, and that this form of discrimination in particular hurts people of […]
Higher Ed Dive September 21, 2021 Rick Seltzer A recent CFPB statement that income-share agreements are loans could hurt the financial products — or mark a new era. Income-share agreements are at a legal crossroads after regulators put a stake in the ground saying ISAs are loans. The federal Consumer […]
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Career Education Review September 21, 2021 Jenny Unitek Supports Student-to-Staff Initiative Through Educational Assistant Program Unitek Learning now offers career-advancement opportunities to recent nursing graduates. Through the Educational Assistant (EA) program, participants who do not have six years of nursing experience can receive training in adult learning, procure a teaching […]