Inside Higher Ed Liam Knox April 26, 2024 The University of Phoenix has agreed to pay $4.5 million in a settlement over unlawful recruitment tactics for military students, the California Attorney General’s office announced Thursday. The settlement concludes a nearly decade-long investigation into the online, for-profit university’s “aggressive” recruitment of veterans who qualified for […]
National Association of Manufactures Nam Newsroom April 25, 2024 A new final overtime rule from the U.S. Department of Labor will reduce flexibility for employees and could force manufacturers to make difficult choices about their workforces, the NAM said Tuesday. What’s going on: The new regulation “changes the salary threshold used to determine […]
Thompson Coburn LLP Roger Swartzwelder April 23, 2024 On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education (“Department”) issued new guidance regarding the implementation of the program length restrictions for Gainful Employment (“GE”) programs. These restrictions are included in the Department’s Financial Responsibility, Administrative Capability, Certification Procedures and Ability to Benefit Final Rule (“Final […]
The Daily Signal Tony Kinnett April 19, 2024 A national grassroots petition in protest of President Joe Biden’s latest student debt “forgiveness” stunt garnered over 5,000 online comments in a single night. Biden’s newest student loan cancellation plan would shift almost $150 billion in debt from those with outstanding college loans to American taxpayers—including […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz April 19, 2024 Advocates for sexual assault survivors praised the rule, though some groups said it will undermine due process and free speech. The U.S. Department of Education released one of its long-awaited rules governing Title IX on Friday, drawing praise from advocates for sexual assault survivors […]
Thompson Coburn LLP Scott Goldschmidt and Stephanie Cohan April 19, 2024 We interrupt your Tortured Poets Department** listening party to inform you that the Biden administration has released its long awaited Title IX rules. The new rules, published this morning in unofficial form, will be formally published in the Federal Register […]
Fox News Christopher Lopex April 20, 2024 Plumbers, electricians, steam fitters and pipe fitters ‘are not going to be outsourced,’ Rowe says “How America Works” host Mike Rowe expressed cautious optimism about a growing trend among Generation Z toward skilled trades on “One Nation with Brian Kilmeade.” During Rowe’s interview […]
Inside Higher Ed Liam Knox April 22, 2024 With less than two weeks until the typical May 1 commitment deadline, only 34 percent of colleges have started sending financial aid offers to accepted students, according to new survey data from the National Association for Student Financial Aid Advisers (NASFAA); 54 percent had not […]
Fox Business Breck Dumas April 18, 2024 President Biden’s student loan bailout could cost taxpayers as much as three-quarters of a trillion dollars, new estimate finds President Biden’s latest plan to cancel student loan debt for millions of borrowers will cost taxpayers far more than its official price tag, and […]
The Conversation Robert Samuels April 18, 2024 A recent federal study on graduation rates for American colleges and universities shows that 40% of all students did not earn a degree or credential within eight years of leaving high school. The graduation rate is even lower for low-income students. Among students from families […]