Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott July 17, 2023 The debt discharge is the result of an effort to give borrowers credit for more payments and rectify failings in the student loan system. More than 804,000 borrowers will have their student loans forgiven in the next month following moves by the […]
The American Independent Oliver Willis July 14, 2023 Republicans attacked President Joe Biden after his administration announced on Friday that it would forgive $39 billion in student loans, aiding over 804,000 people. The Department of Education said in a statement that loan forgiveness was made possible through fixes made to the federal […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake July 11, 2023 A Gallup poll shows only 36 percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, which is down by about 20 percentage points from eight years ago. Americans’ confidence in higher education is at an all-time low, […]
UB University Business Alcino Donadel July 12, 2023 The median parental income for dependent first-generation students is $41,000. For continuing-generation students, it’s $90,000. More than half of today’s college students are first-generation (56%), according to the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). As more institutions and nonprofits emphasize incentivizing these […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake July 13, 2023 Mildred García, president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, will be the next CSU chancellor. The California State University Board of Trustees has appointed Mildred García, president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and an experienced […]
e27 Shane Duggan July 13, 2023 AI has the potential to provide a higher quality online course experience by making it more personalized, interactive, and efficient. Artificial Intelligence is becoming part and parcel of our everyday lives, and soon, we will be seeing it in every industry — the online […]
Insider Noah Sheidlower July 11, 2023 The US may be experiencing a factory boom, but finding the workers to staff them may be a more difficult task. Data from the Census Bureau released last week shows construction spending on US manufacturing at its highest levels of the 2000s, nearly doubling from $110 billion […]
Semafor Joseph Zeballos-Roig July 7, 2023 The Biden administration is giving student debt forgiveness another shot. But don’t expect this sequel to work out much better than the original, experts are warning. “Everything seems set up to fail, but in an elongated way,” Braxton Brewington, press secretary of the Debt […]
EDUCAUSE Katie Branson June 29, 2023 The current Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) Agreement requires higher education institutions to attest to full compliance with new Safeguards Rule provisions. A new version of the SAIG Agreement coming this fall may include new cybersecurity obligations related to the redisclosure of federal tax […]
The Hill Adam Barnes and Lexi Lonas July 10, 2023 Americans with student loans could see thousands of dollars in interest added to their tabs as part of President Biden’s backup relief proposal. The Biden administration is attempting to use a proposed aid program to help millions of student debt holders handle […]