Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum After ruling that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos unlawfully delayed an Obama administration loan rule designed to protect defrauded student borrowers, a federal district court judge is still weighing what, if any, provisions of the rule should go into effect. The case is unfolding as the Education Department […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: A federal judge in Washington, D.C., today will consider the implementation of Obama-era student loan borrower defense to repayment regulations, The New York Times reported. The decision follows a ruling earlier this week by the Obama appointee in favor of 18 states and the District of Columbia […]
Inside Higher Ed By Scott Jaschik National poll finds more appreciation of colleges than other surveys have. In some areas, including affirmative action, sexual assault and mental health, the public isn’t impressed. Public institutions earn more confidence than private ones. In 2017, national surveys by Gallup and the Pew Research Center found significant public doubts […]
Inside Higher Ed By Ashley A. Smith Update: The California State Approving Agency for Veterans Education reversed its decision late Thursday to stop three private Missouri colleges from offering full veterans education benefits in the state. In a letter from CSAAVE notifying Columbia College, Webster University and Park University of their reinstatement, Latanaya Johnson, the assistant deputy […]
Education Dive by James Paterson Dive Brief: College students generally expect to earn more than they probably will, and having better information about earnings doesn’t cause them to change majors. That’s according to an issue brief published by a visiting scholar and an assistant research professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey, […]
Powers Law by Dan Brozovic Many in the higher education community are aware of the Department of Education’s (“ED” or the “Department”) latest proposal for the Gainful Employment (“GE”) rule: to rescind it, replace it with expanded College Scorecard disclosures for all institutions, and possibly also require institutions to make expanded disclosures on their […]
Inside Higher Ed By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf In an unparalleled decision and a win for those who feel due process has been shunned in campus investigations of sexual assault, a federal appeals court has ruled that universities must allow students in these cases — or their representatives — to directly question their accuser […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum Accreditors provide the stamp of approval for colleges and universities in the U.S. Without their recognition, those institutions can’t keep access to federal student aid. So even though accreditors are essentially membership organizations that operate with limited transparency, they are a key part of the […]
Real Clear Education By A.J. Kritikos Earlier this summer, a federal court ordered the Department of Education “to cease all efforts to collect debts” from students who attended failed for-profit universities. While the court order focused on a privacy issue, the heart of the suit is the borrower’s defense rule. The […]
IFAP Posted Date: August 31, 2018 Author: Federal Student Aid Subject: Active Phishing Campaign Targeting Student Email Accounts Federal Student Aid (FSA) has identified a malicious phishing campaign that may lead to potential fraud associated with student refunds and aid distributions. What is happening: Multiple institutions of higher education (IHEs) have […]