Higher Ed Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf January 5, 2023 A final Title IX rule, as well as negotiated rulemaking on topics like accreditation and distance education, are on the horizon. The U.S. Department of Education unveiled sweeping regulatory priorities late Wednesday, pinning a publishing date for its final Title IX rule […]
Inside Higher Ed Doug Lederman January 5, 2023 The Biden administration announced late Wednesday that the Education Department would hold a series of negotiated rule-making sessions this spring to propose new rules regarding accreditation, distance education, student loan deferments and a range of other topics. The administration’s plan for another […]
Fox News Kristine Parks January 4, 2023 A board of trustees member said the teachers needed to be ‘roped’ and taken ‘to the slaughterhouse’ A California college trustee board member apologized after being confronted over his provocative comments directed towards faculty who were against the school district’s diversity, equity and inclusion measures. […]
WITN December 28, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. (WITN) -President Joe Biden signs into law a new bill that will help veterans who are students with stability with transferring courses and credits. The VETS Credit Act is to help student veterans with credit or course transfers in case their program ends or […]
The 74 Joshua Bay January 2, 2023 New data shows gender disparities in fall 2022 college freshmen enrollment, with female students opting out at more than twice the rate of males, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Across all four-year universities and community colleges, male […]
Duane Morris Jessica S. High December 26, 2022 Student Test Taker Privacy Protection Act (SB-1172), limits the collection of personal data by proctoring services. The pandemic created a surge of online-proctoring services which utilize various types of personal information, such as a driver’s license, other identification and/or biometric data, to verify […]
Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman January 4, 2023 Community colleges underwent major staffing losses during the pandemic. Now they’re suffering from the ripple effects, and campus leaders are trying desperately to recruit. Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff […]
Federal Register December 21, 2022 AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice lists the Federal education assistance funds for qualifying students that proprietary institutions of higher education must include as Federal revenue in their non-Federal revenue calculation (known as “90/10”). DATES: Institutions must include […]
The San Diego Union Tribune Gary Robbins December 22, 2022 The accrediting commission WASC says the 42-year-old private, for-profit institute “may not have resources sufficient to ensure long term viability if current trends continue.” The NewSchool of Architecture & Design, a decades-old “idea factory” that has helped revitalize downtown’s East […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz December 21, 2022 The list puts into practice congressional changes limiting revenue for-profit colleges can draw from federal education funds — including military aid. The U.S. Department of Education released a list this week of federal education assistance funds that for-profit colleges will have to […]