Committee on Education & Labor June 23, 2022 Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) are requesting an explanation from Education Department Secretary Miguel Cardona following reports that a radical lobbying group is influencing higher […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz June 23, 2022 Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education agreed Wednesday to automatically forgive the federal student loans of roughly 200,000 borrowers to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that the agency delayed granting relief to students who were defrauded by their colleges. Under the […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz June 22, 2022 Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education pushed back the timeline for publishing its proposal for a revised gainful employment rule to next year, meaning the earliest it could go into effect is mid-2024. The gainful employment rule is intended to ensure […]
Politico Michael Stratford June 22, 2022 The Biden administration has agreed to fully discharge the federal student loan debts of approximately 200,000 borrowers who claimed they were defrauded by their college but whose applications for relief have languished at the Education Department for years. The agreement, which could wipe out […]
Inside Higher Ed Meghan Brink June 23, 2022 Key regulatory agenda items will not be completed until July 2024 at the earliest. The Biden administration is putting off a final proposal on gainful employment and several other regulatory matters until next spring. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released an update on […]
Inside Higher Ed Meghan Brink June 22, 2022 The Biden administration confirmed that it does not have the legal authority to hold former executives of the now-defunct for-profit college system Corinthian Colleges accountable to help recover any of the $5.8 billion in student debt that the administration moved to forgive in early […]
Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman June 14, 2022 At least a third of California Community Colleges are still enrolling students in remedial math courses despite state legislation in place to prevent students from being required to take unnecessary noncredit coursework, according to a recent report by the California Acceleration Project, a faculty-driven […]
Career Education Review Jenny June 9, 2022 Unitek Learning to Help Transform Healthcare Workforce Unitek Learning, the parent company for five distinguished learning institutions in the areas of healthcare, nursing, and emergency medical services, has partnered with Sierra View Medical Center in Porterville, California. In 1958, Sierra View Medical Center opened its […]
Yahoo News Ayelat Sheffey June 3, 2022 Biden recently wiped out $5.8 billion in student debt for defrauded Corinthian Colleges students. GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx slammed the relief, saying Biden is “exercising authority that he does not have.” Foxx has long criticized plans to forgive student debt broadly, citing its […]
New York Post Carrie Sheffield June 3, 2022 The Biden administration’s decision to “forgive” $5.8 billion in debt for 560,000 former Corinthian College students is terrible policy that could backfire politically. And of course, the loans aren’t truly “forgiven” because they will be shouldered by taxpayers, including poor and middle-class Americans who […]