National Center for Education Statistics Title: Graduation Rates for Selected Cohorts, 2009-14; Outcome Measures for Cohort Year 2009-10; Student Financial Aid, Academic Year 2016-17; and Admissions in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2017. Description: This First Look includes fully edited and imputed data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) winter […]
NewsMax If there is one thing Americans agree upon today is that public higher education in the U.S. is a mess. A is the most popular grade today and the C is considered an “endangered species.” The good news is that the Trump administration is working to make things better. U.S. Secretary […]
Federal Register 2018-2019 Award Year Deadline Dates for Reports and Other Records Associated With the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program (FSEOG), the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Programs, the Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant) Program, the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct […]
Duane Morris On November 29, 2018, the U.S. Department of Education published proposed amendments to its Title IX regulations contained in 34 C.F.R. Part 109, starting the clock on the 60-day period for public comments, which are due on or before January 28, 2019. Overview Once final, the regulations would be the first […]
Committee on Education and Workforce Click here to watch the video online. Today, the House Republican Conference approved Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) to lead Committee on Education and the Workforce Republicans in the 116th Congress. Upon the announcement, Chairwoman Foxx released the following statement: “The question on everyone’s mind used to […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: The Trump administration is weighing whether to impose stronger background checks on Chinese students studying in the U.S. in an effort to stem what officials say is potential for espionage, Reuters reported. University and government sources said these additional checks could include examinations of phone records and […]
Ed Source As a high school senior, Arezo Amerzada’s choices for college came down to University of California-Riverside, several California State University campuses and a handful of out-of-state schools, including the University of Nevada in Reno. That was when Amerzada, who grew up in Union City in the San Francisco Bay […]
Inside Higher Ed By Ashley A. Smith A federal judge approved a settlement Wednesday that erases more than $500 million in student debt held by former ITT Technical Institute students. The settlement also returns $3 million that was paid by students since the company filed for bankruptcy in 2016. The students were represented by the […]
Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain A newly released report from a 13-member task force of academics and experts from think tanks calls to “reform higher education funding to upend the existing skew toward traditional academic education,” and to instead allocate more federal financial aid to career education programs. Opportunity America, a conservative […]
Education Dive by Natalie Schwartz Education Secretary Betsy DeVos restored federal recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) last week, but the for-profit accreditor and the colleges it oversees still have a tough road ahead. For one, ACICS has shed about two-thirds of its member institutions since 2016, when it lost […]