Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely October 18, 2021 The Department of Education is planning to increase its oversight of six loan servicing companies, beginning next year, by including stronger standards for performance, transparency and accountability in the servicers’ contract extensions. The new contract terms will allow the Office of Federal […]
Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman October 18, 2021 Community college leaders celebrated new legislation allowing their institutions to offer more four-year degrees. The measure is also a win for the national community college baccalaureate movement. California community college advocates and leaders are applauding new state legislation that allows two-year institutions […]
Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman October 8, 2021 A new report examines how much control community colleges have over former students’ wages and their ability to pay off loans postcollege. Students enrolled in community college programs with higher numbers of students from underrepresented minority backgrounds earn less and have a […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz October 14, 2021 Dive Brief: A former dean at the University of Southern California and a Los Angeles politician have been indicted after a federal corruption investigation unearthed allegations they worked together to illegally steer public money into the institution’s school of social work. Marilyn Louise Flynn, […]
Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman October 13, 2021 California governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to extend access to the state’s financial aid program to about 160,000 more college students. The governor cited the high costs of the measure, which was widely supported by state lawmakers. California higher education leaders and […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz October 12, 2021 Dive Brief: The owner of Vista College, a chain of for-profit schools, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection Monday after last week suddenly shuttering campuses and saying it would close down operations. In a letter to students, Vista College said it was “unable to continue […]
VEP October 12, 2021 One of the biggest reasons many enlist in the Military and serve our country is for the benefits they’re promised. Education, housing, health insurance, etc. To take away or restrict their benefits after they’ve signed, is a disgrace to their service and Policymakers should be ashamed […]
Forbes Preston Cooper October 13, 2021 The reconciliation bill currently under debate in Congress includes a scheme to provide two years of free community college, the centerpiece of a $111 billion boost to higher education funding. The bill’s Democratic backers say that “every American should have the opportunity to get the quality and affordable […]
EdSource Ashley A. Smith October 12, 2021 Students pushing for changes in admission process Despite the high demand for more nurses, students at some California community colleges are finding it difficult to get accepted into nursing programs. It’s a problem that leaders of the student senate of the California Community Colleges […]
Committee on Education & Labor September 28, 2021 Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after yet another major student loan servicer, Navient, announced it would end its federal contract: “The Department of Education is bleeding and risks infecting millions of […]