Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum As the Department of Education refines the next phase of its higher education agenda, the White House is apparently weighing in on the new policy direction. The special office headed by Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to and the son-in-law of President Trump, held a meeting […]
https://www.educationdive.com/news/report-only-56-of-two-year-college-students-transferred-to-four-year-ins/529845/ The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s Transfer and Mobility study for 2018 reports that only 5.6% of the fall 2011 cohort of students attending two-year institutions in the U.S. transferred to four-year institutions after receiving either a certificate or an associate degree from their starting institutions. The vast majority […]
Career Education Review According to a recent report in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Pima Medical Institute ranks #1 among 4-year, for-profit institutions with a 78.3% on-time graduation rate. The on-time graduation rate is an important metric – meaning students are successfully completing their classes and sticking with their program. This […]
Star Tribune by Evan Ramstad Capella Education Co. and Strayer Education Inc. closed their merger Wednesday and, in their last results as separate entities, reported strong growth this spring, with Capella’s new enrollment rising at its fastest pace in eight years. The performance sent shares of the combined firm, which […]
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators By Allie Bidwell, NASFAA Senior Reporter California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced last week, just three days after the Department of Education (ED) released proposed regulations for borrower defense to repayment, that the state had amended an existing lawsuit to establish that the state had […]
Higher Ed by James Paterson Dive Brief: A California newspaper is reporting that large out-of-state universities are blanketing the state with marketing materials to entice students to enroll in their online programs. One source said one reason for this uptick in markeCalifornia has had difficulty meeting demand from its residents for its […]
Federal Register A Proposed Rule by the Education Department on 07/31/2018 Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The Secretary proposes to create Institutional Accountability regulations […]
Inside Higher Ed by Andrew Kreighbaum An enduring tension in federal higher education policy making is the balancing act between protecting students and taxpayers on the one hand and allowing for innovative instruction and business models on the other. New administrations typically emphasize one over the other, swinging the policy […]
Chronicle of Higher Education By Eric Kelderman In its latest move to unmake policies and regulations, many of them put in place under President Obama, the U.S. Department of Education announced on Monday a new round of rulemaking on more than a dozen topics, most notably accreditation. The department will consider issues […]
Accredited Council for Independent Colleges and Schools Department of Education Extends Deadline to Respond to ACICS Petition for Continued Recognition On July 30, the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) received notification from the Department of Education that it will extend the deadline to respond to ACICS’s petition […]