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Insider Ayelet Sheffey June 4, 2023 Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has confirmed student-loan payments will resume this year. The resumption risks jeopardizing the post-pandemic economic recovery and straining consumers’ wallets. The impacts could worsen if the Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s broad student-debt relief. Student-loan payments are resuming this year. […]

Higher Ed Dive  Natalie Schwartz June 5, 2023 Although the newest figures suggest enrollment losses are stabilizing, a deeper look reveals a more complicated picture. The most recent enrollment figures from the spring 2023 term have brought colleges and universities good news — the steep losses seen throughout the coronavirus […]

San Francisco Chronicle  Nanette Asimov June 2, 2023 Nobody knows how much money the fraudsters have managed to grab by impersonating enrollees. Months after a mysterious check for $1,400 landed in Richard Valicenti’s mailbox last summer, the U.S. Department of Education notified him that the money was a mistake — an […]

CECU – Career Education Colleges and Universities  May 31, 2023 This update pertains to the ongoing litigation over the Biden administration’s final BDR rule. For more information about this rule, CECU members can access case-related information and media coverage here. Today in a Western District of Texas courtroom, Judge Robert Pitman […]

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott June 2, 2023 President Biden has said he would veto the resolution, while some said it would cause “irreparable damage” to the federal student loan system. The Senate voted Thursday to block President Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans for […]

Idaho Ed News Kevin Richert June 1, 2023 The $685 million plan to buy the University of Phoenix carries limited financial risk for the University of Idaho, President C. Scott Green said Thursday. But standing pat carries a big risk, he said. If the U of I doesn’t expand — and tap […]

Insider Ayelet Sheffey June 1, 2023 Iola Favell wanted to go back to school to get her master’s degree in teaching. Favell is a first-generation college student from California, and according to documents filed in a recent lawsuit, she felt it was important to earn her degree from a prestigious […]

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott June 2, 2023 Biden administration wants to add a host of new conditions to the agreements that allow colleges and universities to receive financial aid. Critics say those proposals need more work. A provision nestled within a sweeping set of regulations released last month could […]

Idaho Ed News Kevin Richert June 1, 2023 The $685 million plan to buy the University of Phoenix carries limited financial risk for the University of Idaho, President C. Scott Green said Thursday. But standing pat carries a big risk, he said. If the U of I doesn’t expand — and tap […]

Insider  Ayelet Sheffey June 1, 2023 Iola Favell wanted to go back to school to get her master’s degree in teaching. Favell is a first-generation college student from California, and according to documents filed in a recent lawsuit, she felt it was important to earn her degree from a prestigious […]