Inside Higher Ed U.S. Considers Partial Relief for Defrauded Student Borrowers Education Department weighs whether — and how — the government should offer partial relief to some who filed borrower-defense claims. By Andrew Kreighbaum October 26, 2017 Student borrowers have filed tens of thousands of additional applications for discharge of student debt since the […]
Inside Higher Ed Net Price Keeps Creeping Up Tuition and fees increased by a few percentage points across the board, and aid failed to keep pace, annual College Board report shows. By Rick Seltzer October 25, 2017 In what has become a familiar pattern in the last several years, published tuition […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education An Official in Obama’s Education Dept. Explains Her Move to Lead an Accreditor By Eric Kelderman OCTOBER 24, 2017 Jamienne Studley, an Obama-era Education Dept. official, will become president of a regional accreditor, the Western Association of Colleges and Schools’ commission on colleges, in January. As […]
Inside Higher Ed Healthy Job Market Predicted for New College Grads By Scott Jaschik October 24, 2017 Hiring of new college graduates is expected to increase by 19 percent this year — 15 percent for those with bachelor’s degrees and 40 percent for those with associate degrees. Those figures are from Michigan State University’s Recruiting […]
Inside Higher Ed Trading Places at the Accountability Table Jamie Studley, former key Education Department official, will lead the Western region’s accrediting agency, part of an industry her Obama administration bosses chastised. By Doug Lederman October 24, 2017 As she prepared to leave her role as the Education Department’s assistant secretary […]
Inside Higher Ed Aid Office “Focused” on Dealing With Borrower Claims By Andrew Kreighbaum October 5, 2017 Federal Student Aid Chief Operating Officer A. Wayne Johnson said Wednesday that the Department of Education is “marshaling the resources” to deal with a backlog of thousands of borrower-defense claims submitted by former students of […]
National Review Betsy Devos Rescinded Obama’s Sexual-Harassment Guidance. Here’s the Backstory. Congress does what it wants, and the administrative agencies, with the apparent acquiescence of the courts, use the congressional language to create what they want …
Inside Higher Ed Post-Recession Borrowers Struggle to Repay Loans Borrowers, especially those who attend less selective institutions or who drop out, increasingly struggle to pay back loans. By Andrew Kreighbaum October 5, 2017 New federal data show that college students are taking out more student loan debt and also taking longer […]
CECU CECU Submits Comments at Department of Education Hearing on Regulatory Reform 10/4/2017 October 4, 2017 – Arlington, Va. – Today, Career Education Colleges and Universities president & CEO Steve Gunderson delivered testimony to the Department of Education at a public hearing on the topic of federal regulatory reform. “Career education represents […]
BuzzFeed News The Education Department Will Allow Two Large For-Profit Colleges To Become Nonprofits The move is a sign of a shift in how the federal government will treat colleges that want to shed the for-profit label. Originally posted on September 18, 2017, at 4:24 p.m. Updated on September 18, 2017, at […]