US News DeVos Hits Bush, Obama on Education Policy The education secretary reiterated her belief that the federal government has been too heavy-handed in its approach to education. By Lauren Camera, Education Reporter |Jan. 16, 2018, at 5:01 p.m. DeVos Hits Bush, Obama on Education Policy U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos […]
NASFAA Borrower Defense Neg Reg Day 3: Reconsideration of Claims, Partial Relief, Financial Responsibility, and Arbitration Agreements By Allie Bidwell, Communications Staff The negotiating committee tasked with attempting to rewrite a federal borrower defense to repayment rule made progress on Wednesday, tackling several more issues outlined for discussion, including the […]
Sac Bee California plans online community college for working adults to sharpen skills BY ALEXEI KOSEFF akoseff@sacbee.com January 10, 2018 01:34 PM Updated January 11, 2018 02:31 PM California will launch a new community college completely online next year, under a $100 million initiative included in Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest […]
Inside Higher Ed The move by a growing number of community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees has generated excitement, especially in California, where the first crop of students in a pilot program are expected to graduate this spring. But a recent report from the state Legislature’s independent policy analysis office urges caution. […]
Markets Insider New Study: Distance Education Up, Overall Enrollments Down PRESS RELEASE PR Newswire Jan. 11, 2018, 12:42 PM WELLESLEY, Mass., Jan. 11, 2018/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A new report, Grade Increase: Tracking Distance Education in the United States, by the Babson Survey Research Group, reveals distance student enrollments have increased for the fourteenth straight year […]
Evolllution TODAY’S LEARNER Published on 2018/01/08 It’s All About the Students Becky Takeda-Tinker | President, Colorado State University—Global Campus A new demographic of students with different expectations, needs and goals from the traditional model higher education institutions have historically served requires colleges and universities to rethink their model and their […]
NASFAA Borrower Defense Neg Reg Day 2: Committee Discusses Partial Relief, Institutional Liability, Statute of Limitations By Allie Bidwell, Communications Staff Committee members on Tuesday dove into substantial issues in developing a new borrower defense to repayment regulation, including the idea of partial relief, institutional liability, statutes of limitations for […]
Career Education Review COMMENTARY/EDITORIAL December 5, 2017 Jenny 0 2017 Proprietary Higher Education Review: “It Will Never be ‘The Way We Were’” By Tony Guida, Partner, Education Group of Duane Morris LLP Can it be that it was all so simple then? Or has time re-written every line? If we had […]
NASFAA Negotiators Clash Over Borrower Defense Standard of Evidence in Second Neg Reg Session By Allie Bidwell, Communications Staff Higher education stakeholders gathered Monday to begin debating the merits and drawbacks of a draft regulation put forth by the Department of Education (ED) that would outline under which circumstances a […]
Inside Higher Ed Strada Acquires Adult Learning Group By Paul Fain January 9, 2018 Strada Education Network has acquired the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), a nonprofit organization that has long focused on prior learning assessment and other ways for adult students to earn college credit for their knowledge […]