NASFAA Abbie Barondess September 11, 2023 Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of three articles examining Gainful Employment (GE) regulations. This first article provides an overview and brief timeline of GE. This article covers the 2014 GE regulations, lessons learned, and challenges to GE moving forward. The third article […]
The Evolution Walter Pearson September 7, 2023 The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center publishes regular updates on term enrollments. Those reports provide us with useful insights. A few key trends: Enrollments by adult undergraduates continue to drop. Nonprofit four-year colleges have bucked the trend of declining adult student enrollment with growth in […]
Insider Charlotte Lytton September 5, 2023 It took just one semester for Rushil Srivastava to realize that college was not what he had hoped. “As a kid, you always imagine college will be a life-changing experience, and that your freshman year is where you’ll get a chance to discover yourself,” […]
Higher Ed Dive Zachary Phillips September 6, 2023 As the industry ramps up outreach, the number of computer and data science majors applying to construction jobs has doubled, according to a new report. Laura Cosgriff gets daily phone calls from local contractors looking for students to employ — and the […]
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott September 6, 2023 Salaried employees who make $55,000 or less would be eligible for overtime under the Biden administration’s new proposal. Thousands of jobs at colleges and universities could be affected. Thousands of employees at colleges and universities, including admissions officers, student affairs professionals and […]
U.S. Department of Education September 5, 2023 Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than 4 Million Student Loan Borrowers Are Enrolled in the New SAVE Plan The U.S. Department of Education today announced more than 4 million student loan borrowers are enrolled in the Biden-Harris Administration’s new Saving on A Valuable Education […]
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom August 31, 2023 Governor Reduces Barriers for State Jobs Related to College Degrees New Effort Will Improve Access to High-Paying and Fulfilling Careers WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Governor Newsom today signed an executive order launching a new career education effort to prepare students and adults […]
eCampus News Steven M. Baule September 5, 2023 Although AI has some educators worried, it’s possible to identify AI-generated student work from human-generated work Key points: AI has a place in the classroom, but students shouldn’t rely on it to write papers Educators can use a few key strategies to […]
Higher Ed Dive Lilah Burke September 5, 2023 The practice can help colleges optimally distribute their limited resources, but it could also cause issues for students and even create legal risk. As technology has grown more sophisticated, algorithms have slowly crept into more and more operations on college campuses. Take […]
Thompson Coburn Jeff Fink, Scott Goldschmidt, Aaron Lacey September 1, 2023 On August 7, 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a nationwide injunction in Career Colleges and Schools of Texas v. Cardona, preventing the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from enforcing the latest version of its borrower defense to repayment (BDR) rule, […]