Inside Higher Ed Johanna Alonso December 20, 2023 Men are driving the decline in college enrollments—particularly at four-year institutions, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. While the number of women aged 18 to 24 in college has decreased by 200,000 since total college enrollment peaked in […]
Inside Higher Ed Liam Knox December 20, 2023 The Department of Education released details Friday on the rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid, noting that the previously announced Dec. 31 deadline represented a “soft launch period,” during which officials will monitor for technical issues, field concerns from families […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz December 18, 2023 The request is the latest development in an ongoing legal battle between the agency and the Center for Excellence in Higher Education. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education is demanding $23 million from the Center for Excellence in Higher Education, a former college operator […]
Higher Ed Dive December 13, 2023 We’re keeping track of companies’ profits, losses and strategies to monitor major developments in the higher ed industry. The U.S. higher education sector includes a handful of publicly traded companies, which are federally required to regularly provide updates about their business and performance. These […]
Inside Higher Ed Laurne Coffey December 13, 2023 University relationships with online program managers could be turned on their heads in 2024, as the government considers more oversight into OPM contracts. After months of uncertainty about whether the federal government would revise its guidelines for how colleges work with online program […]
Higher Ed Dive Emilie Shumway December 12, 2023 While lower-income moms showed a similar desire to excel as their middle- and high-income peers, a multitude of factors hold them back, a University of Phoenix study found. Dive Brief: Lower-income working mothers exhibit a similar desire for career progression as their […]
Higher Ed Dive Carolyn Crist December 13, 2023 Many employers are dropping degree requirements to create a more diverse workforce and increase job candidate numbers, survey results show. Forty-five percent of companies plan to eliminate bachelor’s degree requirements for some positions in 2024, according to a Nov. 29 report from Intelligent.com. In […]
Inside Higher Ed Lauren Coffey December 13, 2023 University relationships with online program managers could be turned on their heads in 2024, as the government considers more oversight into OPM contracts. After months of uncertainty about whether the federal government would revise its guidelines for how colleges work with online program […]
FULCRUM Kristen Axtman December 13, 2023 Axtman is a undergraduate student for Medill on the Hill, a program of Northwestern University in which students serve as mobile journalists reporting on events in and around Washington, D.C. The Biden administration has taken aim at the for-profit college industry with a new […]
Higher Ed Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf December 12, 2023 Some Democrats expressed fears that for-profit programs would try to skirt consumer protection guardrails proposed in the legislation. Dive Brief: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce advanced a highly watched bill Tuesday that would allow students to use federal Pell […]