Inside Higher Ed Lindsay McKenzie October 14, 2020 Ed-tech start-up Engageli has raised $14.5 million to build a videoconferencing platform. Unlike Zoom, the platform has been purposefully designed with college and university faculty members and students in mind. Ed-tech innovators and investors haven’t missed faculty members’ widespread frustration with current videoconferencing […]
Inside Higher Ed Steven Mintz October 12, 2020 It’s time to figure out how to make it more effective. As we enter our second online semester, it’s time to stop thinking of remote learning as a crisis-prompted expedient. It will not go away as soon as a vaccine appears. Online […]
DAILY CALLER Allen West October 12, 2020 Every election cycle, liberal politicians amp up the attack on private, for-profit and nonprofit colleges to galvanize their base of voters and appease liberal educators who fear losing their jobs if public colleges compete on a level playing field with career-focused, private schools. […]
Education Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf October 13, 2020 Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education on Friday rescinded long-standing guidance for how colleges should record and report certain campus crimes to the federal government. The agency’s replacement guidelines on the Clery Act give colleges new flexibilities. Officials no longer need to track crimes that […]
Forbes Adam S. Minsky, Esq. Senior Contributor October 5, 2020 Senator Elizabeth Warren called on Monday for the owners and executives of predatory schools and colleges to be held personally liable for school misconduct. “Millions of Americans are being crushed by over $1.5 trillion dollars in outstanding federal student loan debt, with […]
INSIDE HIGHER ED Kery Murakami October 6, 2020 The advocacy group Student Defense and Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren called on the Education Department on Monday to make the owners of for-profit schools financially liable for the financial losses of students if they are defrauded by the institutions. The proposal would […]
U.S. Department of Education October 2, 2020 1. Question: Can the Institutional Portion of my institution’s allocation under section 18004(a)(1) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act be used to purchase COVID-19-related essentials such as thermometers, cleaning supplies, or other supplies for sanitizing a facility? Answer: Yes. […]
NASFAA Owen Daugherty October 5, 2020 As the prevalence of income-driven repayment (IDR) plans continues to rise, new data released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shed some light on emerging trends, how the plans are being utilized, and what type of borrowers are taking advantage of them. IDRs use […]
Inside Higher Ed DeRionne P. Pollard October 2, 2020 Criminals often target colleges for cyberattacks, and DeRionne P. Pollard shares lessons her institution learned firsthand in hopes of helping others prevent or respond to one. The first things you will notice when entering Montgomery College’s Cybersecurity Center and Lab are […]
Townhall Gerard Scimeca October 1, 2020 If there is one unifying strand that runs through the character of our nation, it is that America loves an underdog. From the Revolution, to Roosevelt, to Rocky, our country has always embraced the fighting spirit of those who triumph against difficult odds to […]