Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott August 26, 2024 The Education Department has issued $61.7 million in fines and cut off aid to 35 colleges for violations since 2021. Some critics say it hasn’t gone far enough in holding rule breakers accountable; others say the feds have a “vendetta” against career colleges. […]
AEI Michael Brickman August 14, 2024 The Biden-Harris team has signaled that it’s gearing up for an “October Surprise” on student loan cancellation — although it might come even sooner, sneaking in before early voting starts. Once again, they are trying to shift hundreds of billions of dollars in loans onto the […]
Military.com Rachel S. Cohen August 19, 2024 The Army said Friday it will reimburse soldiers who may need to foot the bill for college courses this fall as glitches in the service’s tuition-assistance portal have kept hundreds of troops from accessing those funds. Army IgnitED, which connects soldiers with federal funds to […]
NAWBlog Matthew D. Chase August 12, 2024 Dear Chairman Sanders and Ranking Member Cassidy: On behalf of the National Association of Counties (NACo), the National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB), the National League of Cities (NLC), the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), and the U.S. Workforce Associations (USWA) we write […]
On Ed Tech Phil Hill August 15, 2024 How ED’s outdated consumer-protection view of online education could lead to bureaucratic burden on every online course in US higher ed In yesterday’s post on the CHLOE9 report, we mistakenly referred to the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) as co-authors when we meant […]
Ed Surge Rebecca Koenig August 14, 2024 High schools around the country have set up dual enrollment programs with local two-year colleges. Of the nearly 10,000 students enrolled at Brookdale Community College in central New Jersey, about 17 percent are still in high school. Some of them travel to the […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz August 13, 2024 The ninth Changing Landscape of Online Education survey offers a glimpse into the distance education marketplace. Dive Brief: Roughly two-thirds of colleges are making it a priority to create virtual versions of on-campus classes and programs, according to an annual survey of […]
Education Week Libby Stanford August 7, 2024 The U.S. Department of Education will use a phased approach to roll out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, this fall, in hopes of being able to address technical glitches before the revamped form becomes available to all students by […]
On Ed Tech Newsletter Phil Hill August 8, 2024 You can’t understand today’s EdTech regulatory news without connecting the dots Yesterday Inside Higher Ed covered the proposed rules by the US Department of Education (ED) that will require online attendance taking. Not just for online programs but for all online […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz August 7, 2024 To avoid a repeat of this year’s glitches, the agency plans to release the form for testing starting Oct. 1 with a limited number of students and institutions. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2025-26 academic year will be […]