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Young adults with degrees say they need more real-world training

Young adults with degrees say they need more real-world training

Higher Ed Dive Kate Tornone November 21, 2022 Individuals with degrees often find their education failed to prepare them for the realities of the workforce, according to Nov. 15 survey results from Multiverse. A majority of young adults (those age 18-26) with degrees said real-world workforce training is the most important […]

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Republicans Will Be Back in Charge of House

Republicans Will Be Back in Charge of House

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott November 18, 2022 Oversight and lawsuits, not legislating, will be the goal. Congressional Republicans are pledging oversight of the Biden administration now that they have officially secured control of the House of Representatives for the next two years. The Republicans will likely hold a narrow […]

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FTC Postpones Compliance Deadline for Certain Safeguards Rule Provisions Applicable to Title IV Institutions of Higher Education

FTC Postpones Compliance Deadline for Certain Safeguards Rule Provisions Applicable to Title IV Institutions of Higher Education

Update Ed Jessica S. High November 17, 2022 Last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) amended the Safeguards Rule under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). The comprehensive amendment updated data security requirements for financial institutions, including all Title IV institutions of higher education. In response to reports of personnel shortages and […]

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Judge Grants Final Approval to Borrower Defense Settlement

Judge Grants Final Approval to Borrower Defense Settlement

NASFAA Maria Carrasco November 18, 2022 A federal judge in California granted final approval on Wednesday to a settlement that will cancel billions of dollars in federal student loans for hundreds of thousands of borrowers who argue they were defrauded by their college. The class action lawsuit, dubbed Sweet v. […]

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Supreme Court Asked to Block Debt-Relief Plan

Supreme Court Asked to Block Debt-Relief Plan

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott October 20, 2022 The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. The conservative legal organization filed an emergency application for an injunction Wednesday after a federal appeals court declined to overturn a judge’s order […]

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Cato Institute sues Education Department over student loan cancellation

Cato Institute sues Education Department over student loan cancellation

The Hill Natalie Prieb and Alex Gangitano October 18, 2022 Libertarian think tank the Cato Institute on Tuesday sued the Department of Education over the Biden administration’s plan to cancel some student loan debt. “Forcing taxpayers to pick up the tab for other people’s college loans is bad policy, but in the […]

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FAFSA Simplification

FAFSA Simplification

NASFAA 2021 and 2022 Fiscal Year Student Aid Amounts, Including Changes to Federal Methodology, FAFSA, Pell Grants for Incarcerated Students, Direct Loans, and other Changes Significant changes to federal student aid policy, including simplifying the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), expanding Pell Grant eligibility to incarcerated students, and […]

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Senate Democrats Want For-Profit Leaders Held Liable

Senate Democrats Want For-Profit Leaders Held Liable

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott October 19, 2022 Several Democratic senators want the U.S. Department of Education to hold for-profit college executives personally liable for student loans discharged because of an institution’s misconduct. “Despite the Department repeatedly finding that fraudulent for-profit colleges widely mislead [sic] students and misrepresented their costs, […]

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Biden Opens Loan Forgiveness to All

Biden Opens Loan Forgiveness to All

Inside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik October 18, 2022 President Biden on Monday afternoon opened his plan to forgive hundreds of millions of dollars in student debt to everyone who is eligible. The plan forgives $10,000 for anyone earning less than $125,000 or $250,000 for couples filing joint tax returns. Pell […]

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