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Insider  Ayelet Sheffey February 13, 2023 69 GOP lawmakers urged Biden to withdraw his student-loan forgiveness and repayment proposals. They said his proposal to reform income-driven repayment plans is “blatantly illegal.” Those reforms, along with broad student-debt relief, require Congressional approval, they said. It’s no secret Republican lawmakers aren’t a […]

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott February 14, 2023 Higher education groups are generally opposed to the Biden administration’s plan to create a list of low-financial-value programs, but some think tanks and for-profit colleges like the idea. If the Biden administration wants to create a list of “low-financial-value” postsecondary programs, it’s […]

Real Clear Education Reed Rubinstein, Adam Kissel, Diane Auer Jones, Robert S. Eitel, Jim Blew & Mitchell M. Zais February 10, 2023 Dear Members of the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Board of Trustees: We are former senior appointees of the U.S. Department of Education, under two administrations, with decades […]

Federal Student Aid POSTED DATE: February 09, 2023 AUTHOR: Federal Student Aid ELECTRONIC ANNOUNCEMENT ID: GRANTS-23-01 SUBJECT: Federal Pell Grant Program Reconciliation In a Nov. 15, 2022 Electronic Announcement we published general information regarding Title Ⅳ Aid Disbursement Reporting, Excess Cash, and Reconciliation Requirements. In addition, updated disbursement reporting and data submission timelines for all programs were […]

Federal Student Aid  POSTED DATE – February 09, 2023 AUTHOR – Federal Student Aid ELECTRONIC ANNOUNCEMENT ID: GENERAL-23-09 SUBJECT: Updates to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Cybersecurity Requirements On December 9, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued final regulations (Final Rule) to amend the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (Safeguards Rule), an important component of […]

Committee on Education & The Workforce February 9, 2023 Yesterday’s Education and the Workforce Committee hearing covered the importance of improving workforce development programs and increasing accountability in postsecondary education. With more than 11 million unfilled jobs in the United States, and more than six million Americans unemployed, Republican lawmakers pointed out […]

The Chronicle of Higher Education Eva Surovell February 8, 2023 ChatGPT has been around for less than three months, and professors are already sharing stories about students who have used the language-generating tool to cheat on exams or assignments. Many faculty members are debating what ChatGPT might mean for the future of […]

UB University Business Micah Ward February 8, 2023 The company also announced that AI features will soon be integrated into its search engine, allowing users to “distill complex information and multiple perspectives into easy-to-digest formats.” By now, you’ve probably heard plenty about ChatGPT, the artificially intelligent chatbot that’s taken the […]

Higher Ed Dive Laura Spitalniak February 9, 2023 Dive Brief: Just over 1 in 5 Black college students, 21%, reported being discriminated against in their academic programs, according to a new joint report from the Lumina Foundation and Gallup. That’s compared to 15% of all other students. Black learners enrolled in short-term […]

Inside Higher Ed Carrie Phillips February 8, 2023 Four strategies to mitigate anticipated enrollment declines. Two years. That’s how long colleges have to prepare for the enrollment cliff predicted by the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education. Beginning in 2025, they anticipate that there will be approximately 400,000 fewer traditional-age students […]