The Hechinger Report Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz June 17, 2020 In March, as colleges and universities around the country shuttered their campuses under a nationwide lockdown, Strayer University updated its website with a simple message: “Great things can happen at home.” Capella University, owned by the same company as […]
Education Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf June 11, 2020 Dive Brief: After several weeks of uncertainty, the U.S. Department of Education has determined that unauthorized and international students can’t get federal coronavirus relief, according to an emergency regulation the agency issued Thursday. The “interim final rule” restricts Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) […]
Education Dive Natalie Schwartz June 10, 2020 Dive Brief: California lawmakers are pushing to defund the state’s first online-only community college and reallocate the more than $100 million in savings to other institutions in its two-year system, according to a state Assembly report. However, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the community […]
Inside Higher Ed Lindsay McKenzie June 11, 2020 Cybercriminals have found a new way to extort universities — stealing sensitive information and then threatening to share it on the dark web unless a bounty is paid. Three institutions were successfully targeted by hackers using this approach in the past two weeks. […]
DCA NEWS News from the California Department of Consumer Affairs Brady Oppenheim June 10, 2020 Apply to become a volunteer board member We see you out there: You want to give back to your community by volunteering, but also would like a unique, interesting, and engaging experience. The Department of […]
Inside Higher Ed Madeline St. Amour June 10, 2020 Two new reports highlight the gaps in employability skills among college graduates. The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities surveyed stakeholders across 31 universities on the importance of certain skills and how prepared students are in those skills, as well as […]
Inside Higher Ed Madeline St. Amour June 10, 2020 New research shows that boys’ poor reading skills in adolescence and social attitudes about women attending college could help explain why fewer men than women enroll in higher education. Researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Essex in […]
MarketWatch Jillian Berman June 9, 2020 College leaders are considering many factors as they make their plans for a fall semester amid a global pandemic. Among their considerations: student and worker safety, government guidelines, finances — and the threat of lawsuits. The American Council on Education, a lobbying organization representing […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami June 9, 2020 Consumer groups are expected to file a federal lawsuit today challenging U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s so-called partial relief rule, in which more students get only a part of their student debt forgiven if they have been defrauded by their institutions. The rule DeVos announced […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami June 9, 2020 A proposal expected to be ruled upon by the Education Department soon, to waive measures of institutions’ financial health for three years, would mainly help troubled for-profit colleges, according to a report released Tuesday by the progressive Center for American Progress. In […]