CECU April 30, 2024 This update is a summary of the detailed information provided during CECU’s April 30 webinar (available to CECU members here), the first in a new series of regular recurring members-only webinars in which CECU’s advocates will discuss the latest legislative, regulatory, and legal updates. These recent policy […]
Kyrsten Sinema May 13, 2024 Senators encouraged the Department of Education to require colleges to obtain consent from students before deducting the cost of textbooks and other course materials. WASHINGTON – Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema and a group of colleagues urged U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to finalize proposed […]
Legislative Analyst’s Office May 9, 2024 Description: This brief is the fourth of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. The fourth brief focuses on higher education finance and how it has changed over the past few decades. The brief also raises key issues for the Legislature to consider as it […]
Medium Preston Cooper May 8, 2024 Key Points This report estimates return on investment (ROI) — how much college increases lifetime earnings, minus the costs of college — for 53,000 different degree and certificate programs. Bachelor’s degree programs have a median ROI of $160,000, but the payoff varies by field […]
Inside Higher Ed Lauren Coffey May 10, 2024 Multiple websites have cropped up advertising colleges that are no longer operating, USA Today reported. The newspaper’s investigation found at least nine websites seemingly representing institutions that have been shuttered for years. Many of the sites required an application fee, as well as […]
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott May 8, 2024 In a fiery House hearing Tuesday, the education secretary apologized for FAFSA delays and pressed for more funding to support investigations into campus antisemitism. But many of his answers frustrated Republicans. In what may have been Miguel Cardona’s final appearance before the […]
The Hechinger Report Jade Tate May 7, 2024 To fill big gaps in the workforce, we need new policies to help attract and train new talen Our country is facing a severe shortage of nurses, with many U.S. hospitals struggling to meet demands for patient care. By next year, we are […]
McClintock David B, McClintock April 26, 2024 Institutions of higher education, whether traditional universities or proprietary trade schools, are well familiar with U.S. Department of Education (ED) oversight. Annual filings and notification triggers are par for the course. For precisely this reason, it’s critical that we understand how the department […]
The 74 Adam Echelman May 3, 2024 In March 2020, colleges were on the verge of a crisis. Students were dropping out en masse, and California’s public colleges and universities predicted they might lose billions of dollars within the year. Enter the federal government. In three installments over the following […]
Inside Higher Ed T. Markus Funk and Jean – Jacques Cabou May 8, 2024 Colleges should be wary of adopting weaker due process protections permitted under the new Title IX regulations, T. Markus Funk and Jean-Jacques Cabou write. The White House approved and released the Department of Education’s sweeping changes to Title […]