Daily Caller Alexa Schwerha March 15, 2023 The Enforcement Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will use undercover officials to monitor colleges and universities for misleading or predatory practices, the Department of Education announced on Tuesday. The officials will identify any “misrepresentations” in several factors advertised to students including “transferability […]
faegre drinker Jonathan D. Tarnow, John R. Przypyszny, Cindy Irani, Sarah, L. Pheasant March 14, 2023 On March 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) published Electronic Announcement GENERAL-23-11 (EA) notifying institutions that participate in the Title IV federal student aid programs (Title IV) that it is establishing certain personal liability […]
NBC News Shannon Pettypiece March 12, 2023 WASHINGTON — When Jacqui Rum quit her nursing job at Los Robles Regional Medical Center last fall over the heavy workload and low staffing levels, it came with a high price — a $2,000 bill from her former employer for training costs. The […]
SJVC March 1, 2023 Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Mar. 1, 2023) – San Joaquin Valley College (SJVC), a family-owned private college that provides a career-focused curriculum for students throughout California, is proud to announce that its Ranch Mirage campus is now offering both a Certificate of Completion and an Associate of Science degree in Electrical Technology. Students […]
Ed Surge Jenn Hoffmann March 15, 2023 Today’s high school graduates are increasingly questioning whether higher education is worth it, and that’s pushing colleges to rethink the value they bring students. This was a key theme I heard at last week’s SXSW EDU conference, where several panels addressed what today’s […]
Brookings Katherine Meyer March 14, 2023 Higher education has long been a vehicle for economic mobility and the primary center for workforce skill development. But alongside the recognition of the many individual and societal benefits from postsecondary education has been a growing focus on the individual and societal costs of […]
NASFAA Hugh T. Ferguson March 15, 2023 Federal Student Aid (FSA) on Tuesday announced that it will utilize secret shoppers to evaluate recruitment, enrollment, financial aid, and other postsecondary program practices, in order to ensure that schools are not conducting predatory or deceptive practices in violation of Title IV regulations. The launch […]
Committee on Education & The Workforce March 13, 2023 Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) skewered the Biden administration’s IDR rule after the Congressional Budget Office estimated this radical policy will cost taxpayers $230 billion. The IDR proposal will severely exacerbate rising college costs and excessive […]
Higher Ed Dive Laura Spitalniak March 13, 023 Dive Brief: A shuttered for-profit college corporation will pay $28 million to settle allegations it left students in the lurch following its sudden closure. A lawsuit against the Education Corporation of America and its subsidiaries claimed the coalition didn’t provide students a […]
U.S. Department of Education March 14, 2023 Builds on Biden-Harris Administration’s ongoing commitment to holding low-performing and predatory schools accountable The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced today that the Enforcement Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will use secret shoppers as an additional tool to monitor postsecondary institutions’ compliance with […]