ALERTS AND UPDATES Seventh Circuit Rules Cosmetology Students Are Not Employees August 29, 2017 The Seventh Circuit was careful to explain it was not “making a one-size-fits-all decision about programs that include practical training, or internships, or tasks that appear to go beyond the boundaries of a program.” The Seventh […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education For-Profit Colleges Find Few Reasons to Lobby a Friendlier Education Dept. Steve Gunderson, president and chief executive of Career Education Colleges and Universities: “We have an administration that is trying to deal with everyone on a fair and equal basis.” By Eric Kelderman AUGUST 28, 2017 […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum August 24, 2017 The loan servicer tasked with handling federal loan forgiveness programs overcharged borrowers and prevented them from making qualifying payments that would put them on track for loan forgiveness, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey alleged in a lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court […]
Inside Higher Ed Military Victory for Alternative Providers The new “Forever” GI Bill includes a $75 million program to let military veterans use federal benefits for technology courses through noncollege providers — another potential challenge to traditional higher ed. By Lindsay McKenzie August 24, 2017 Last week President Trump signed into law a significant expansion […]
Federal Register. A Rule by the Education Department on 08/18/2017. This document has a comment period that ends on 09/18/2017. SUBMIT A FORMAL COMMENT AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Announcement of applicable dates; request for comments. SUMMARY: The Department, in this document, establishes new deadlines for […]
Inside Higher Ed. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking a proposed settlementagainst Aequitas Capital Management for assisting Corinthian Colleges with providing private loans to its students. The federal agency alleges that Aequitas, which was a private equity firm based in Oregon, enabled Corinthian to make the private loans so […]
MarketWatch. When most people think of a college student they likely imagine an 18- to 22-year-old coed bounding through the quad on the way to her dorm from a lecture hall. But these days, the typical college student actually looks more like Erin Jones. Jones, 37, is a veteran and […]
Duane Morris LLP. On August 17, 2017, the U.S. Department of Education announced changes to the gainful employment (GE) rule’s alternate earnings deadlines and appeal process. The announcement is in response to the recent District of Columbia Court decision in American Association of Cosmetology Schools v. DeVos that required the […]
Inside Higher Ed. About two-thirds of U.S. adults would want their child to attend a four-year university if they had a child of college-going age, but significant variations exist based on income, educational attainment and partisan affiliation, according to new polling released today. Support for a child attending a university […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education. Since being confirmed as Education Secretary in February, Betsy DeVos has not regularly spoken with the media. Last Wednesday, however, she sat down for a 30-minute conversation with the Associated Press to discuss a range of topics, including campus sexual assault and whether or not […]