Inside Higher Ed Gainful-Employment Rule Without Sanctions? By Paul Fain January 30, 2018 The U.S. Department of Education on Monday distributed proposals for rewriting the gainful-employment rule, which the Trump administration halted last summer. The department’s do-over on the vocational education rule, which applies to for-profit college programs and to nondegree programs at nonprofit colleges, continues […]
Inside Higher Ed Decline in Student Loan Borrowing U.S. report shows undergraduate borrowing was down in 2015-16 from four years earlier, across nearly all types of institutions. Meanwhile, the proportion of students receiving grant funding rose. By Andrew Kreighbaum January 30, 2018 The standard narrative around the student loan “crisis” holds […]
Inside Higher Ed Senator Wants Quick Progress on Higher Ed Law By Andrew Kreighbaum January 31, 2018 Senator Lamar Alexander, the Tennessee Republican who chairs the Senate education committee, said Tuesday that work drafting a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act would begin “within the next few weeks.” Alexander made the comments at […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education Federal Student-Loan Program Is Rapidly Losing Money, and Income-Based Repayment Is to Blame, Report Says By Adam Harris FEBRUARY 02, 2018 The federal government is well on its way toward lending more money in student loans than it is repaid, according to a new report from the Department […]
Inside Higher Ed. The U.S. Senate education committee got into the weeds of higher education policy again Thursday, examining how the federal government could open up innovation by colleges and universities. But the biggest buzzword that emerged from a two-hour hearing — “guardrails” — signaled the focus of Democrats and […]
Inside Higher Ed. A group of former ITT Technical Institute students reached an approved settlement Wednesday that would allow them to participate in bankruptcy proceedings with the institution’s parent company. The agreement allows the students to claim $1.5 billion and cancel nearly $600 million in debts for students who attended ITT between […]
Inside Higher Ed. The Office of Federal Student Aid’s plans for a prepaid student aid card would position the office — and the contractor it selects — for a long-term, even lifelong, relationship with student borrowers, according to documents released this week. The prepaid card is one of several new […]
Inside Higher Ed. The U.S. Government Accountability Office this week released a study on the U.S. accreditation system. After conducting interviews with experts and a literature review, the GAO said the accreditation system has some key strengths, including reviews that are specifically tailored to various types of colleges and programs. […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education. Higher education will face many of the same challenges in 2018 that it has in previous years, but additional state and federal pressures suggest a bleak outlook for the sector this year, according to the ratings agency Standard and Poor’s. “S&P Global Ratings believes institutions […]
Inside Higher Ed DeVos Waters Down Disclosure Requirements of Gainful-Employment Rule By Andrew Kreighbaum January 22, 2018 The Department of Education last week said it was further weakening disclosure requirements in the gainful-employment rule. Under the new 2018 gainful employment disclosure template, career education programs would no longer be required to disclose median […]