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U.S. Department of Education December 16, 2016 Contact:   Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov  The U.S. Department of Education today released final regulations to improve oversight and protect more than 5.5 million distance education students at degree-granting institutions including nearly 3 million exclusively online students by clarifying the state authorization requirements […]

Diverse Education December 11, 2016 | : by Jamal Eric Watson Two federal discrimination lawsuits against the Art Institute of Pittsburgh that were reinstated in October have now advanced in a national class-action process, following the most recent order issued by U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer. The race-discrimination, age-discrimination, […]

Inside HigherEd Completion and the Value of College The college completion agenda reaches an inflection point as the Obama administration ends and the nation increasingly focuses on jobs and college value. Experts assess shifts in the completion push and what comes next. By Paul Fain December 8, 2016 President Obama during […]

Inside HigherEd University of Phoenix owner is one step closer to changing ownership with Education Department’s approval, but only if the new owners agree to new conditions. By Ashley A. Smith December 8, 2016 After months of review, the U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday approved the proposed $1.14 billion sale […]

Inside HigherEd By Doug Lederman December 8, 2016  USA Funds, which was one of the country’s largest guarantors of federal student loans when banks originated most such loans, announced Wednesday that it would transfer its guarantor operations to Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation and focus fully on its newfound role […]

Inside HigherEd The Case Against Oversimplified Accountability Focus on any single labor market metric to judge colleges’ outcomes will create flawed policy, but a mix of such measures can help evaluate institutions’ performance, scholarly study finds. By Kasia Kovacs December 6, 2016 Policy makers of all political stripes have been […]

Inside HigherEd By Andrew Kreighbaum December 6, 2016  The Debt Collective, an activist group and offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, is calling on the Obama administration to provide debt relief for student loan borrowers who say they were defrauded by for-profit institutions before President Obama leaves office next […]

The Chronicle of Higher Education By Eric Kelderman December 05, 2016 St. Petersburg, Fla. As the impact of the 2016 elections takes shape in statehouses, there are early signs that some policy proposals made by President-elect Donald J. Trump are prompting reactions from governors and state legislators. For those who […]

Bloomberg For-profit intensive engineering academies have become prevalent, but some graduates find themselves in debt and unprepared for tech jobs. by Sarah McBride December 6, 2016 It was a calamitous job interview two years ago that prompted Jose Contreras to demand his money back from the coding school he attended. […]

Inside HigherEd By Brian O’Leary and Joshua Hatch December 4, 2016 The Chronicle’s executive-compensation package includes the latest data on more than 1,200 chief executives at more than 600 private colleges from 2008-14 and nearly 250 public universities and systems from 2010-15. Hover over bars to show total compensation as […]