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Feds target for-profit, nonprofit schools over difference in ideology, education experts say

Feds target for-profit, nonprofit schools over difference in ideology, education experts say

The Washington Post  Alex Swoyer July 18, 2024 For-profit and nonprofit schools increasingly find themselves in courtrooms opposing federal regulations that they say the Biden administration is imposing on them due to ideological differences. Career Education Colleges and Universities, an advocacy group for for-profit schools, has backed litigation challenging the Biden administration’s borrower defense provisions […]

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Student Loan Debt Relief: Is Forgiveness Really Divine?

Student Loan Debt Relief: Is Forgiveness Really Divine?

Thompson Coburn LLP Jim Matchefts July 15, 2024 On the presidential campaign trail in 2020, Joe Biden promised that, if elected, he would implement a program to forgive federal student loan debt for millions of Americans. As the COVID-19 pandemic was winding down, President Biden made good on that promise. […]

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Schweppe: Joe Biden’s Campaign Against Student Choice Obsessive

Schweppe: Joe Biden’s Campaign Against Student Choice Obsessive

Newsmax Jon Schweppe July 9, 2024 During the last presidential race, then-candidate Joe Biden pledged to “strengthen college as a reliable pathway to the middle class.” But after four years of dogmatic crusades against alternative higher education options, it’s clear that campaign promise was malarkey. Unfortunately, President Biden’s real intentions have been […]

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SCOTUS overturns Chevron doctrine, limiting federal agency reach

SCOTUS overturns Chevron doctrine, limiting federal agency reach

Higher Ed Dive Ryan Golden, Ginger Christ and Natalie Schwartz June 28, 2024 One think tank previously warned that reversing the precedent would put some higher education regulations at stake. Dive Brief: The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine on Friday in Loper Bright Enterprises et. al. v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, […]

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Supreme Court Decision Weakens Education Department

Supreme Court Decision Weakens Education Department

Inside Higher Ed  Katherine Knott July 2, 2024 After the justices struck down a 40-year precedent last week, experts warn of chaos for higher education amid doubts about the future of Title IX and gainful employment, among other policies. Over the last 16 years, presidential administrations of both parties have wielded the […]

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