Inside Higher Ed The Tuition-Reset Strategy Large number of private colleges plan tuition resets next year despite many experts’ view that the practice is a gimmick. The colleges hope to grow enrollment, contain student costs and prove critics wrong. But it won’t be easy. By Rick Seltzer September 25, 2017 Birmingham-Southern […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education What You Need to Know About the New Guidance on Title IX By Katherine Mangan SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 Updated (9/22/2017, 4:46 p.m.) with more detail on several of the answers. For months, Title IX officers and others who have a stake in how colleges respond to […]
Inside Higher Ed Online Abroad, and Beyond Title IX’s Reach? Ruling in high-profile sexual harassment case suggests that foreign students in online courses have no recourse under Title IX. By Lindsay McKenzie September 20, 2017 Online courses — and especially the special brand of massive open classes that emerged earlier this decade […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education September 22, 2017 by Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz Education Dept. Replaces Obama-Era Title IX Directives With New Interim Guidance The U.S. Department of Education has rescinded two pieces of Obama-era guidance that told colleges how they should handle issues related to campus sexual assault, and has replaced them with […]
Inside Higher Ed Federal Audit Challenges Faculty Role at WGU Education Department’s inspector general labels Western Governors as a correspondence-course provider, seeks reimbursement of $713 million in aid and may broadly threaten competency-based education. By Paul Fain September 22, 2017 The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General has released the […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum September 22, 2017 A group of former Obama administration officials is launching a legal aid effort to assist students who are defrauded or suffer from discrimination. The organization, called the National Student Legal Defense Network, will work with state attorneys general and other advocacy groups […]
Inside Higher Ed The 2017 Survey of Admissions Directors: Pressure All Around By Scott Jaschik September 13, 2017 Only 34 percent of colleges met new student enrollment targets this year by May 1, the traditional date by which most institutions hope to have a class set. That is a key finding of the 2017 […]
Diverse Higher Education Organizations Call for DeVos to Halt Student Loan Policy Changes September 19, 2017 | : by Jamaal Abdul-Alim The regulatory changes being pursued by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in the student loan arena could “spell disaster for students of color who are too often exploited in […]
Business Wire Virginia College Announces New, Streamlined Programs That Are Faster, More Flexible and More Affordable Than Before September 19, 2017 01:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Education Corporation of America (ECA), parent company of Virginia Colleges across the nation, is pleased to introduce new streamlined programs that are faster, more flexible […]
Inside Higher Ed Calif. 2-Year System Renames Fee Waiver as Promise Program By Ashley A. Smith September 20, 2017 The California Community Colleges announced Tuesday that the Board of Governors Fee Waiver program, which provides nearly half of the system’s 2.1 million students with free tuition, would be renamed the California College Promise […]