Inside Higher Ed Meghan Brink July 29, 2022 A coalition of over 100 congressional Democrats called on President Biden in a letter sent Thursday to extend the pause on student loan payments that is set to expire Aug. 31. For over two years, payments have been paused for the 45 million borrowers with outstanding […]
Government Technology July 26, 2022 The online hub will feature a variety of digital activities to boost student engagement and improve course-related skill sets, the college announced. San Joaquin Valley College has launched a new online hub called the Career Academy, featuring hundreds of digital games, puzzles and lesson modules […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz July 27, 2022 Dive Brief: Strategic Education, the parent company of the for-profit Strayer and Capella universities, reported collective enrollment declines at those institutions in the second quarter of fiscal 2022 — marking around two years of falling student headcounts. Enrollment at the two universities decreased to […]
Higher Ed Dive Meghan Brink July 28, 2022 The bipartisan bill would create new guardrails for income-share agreements used in higher education programs and is supported by ISA providers. Critics, however, view ISAs as a predatory form of financial aid and a bad solution to making college affordable. A bipartisan bill introduced […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz July 26, 2022 Agency says new rules would strengthen oversight of for-profit colleges and reduce student debt, accomplishing Biden administration goals. The U.S. Department of Education released a spate of new regulatory proposals Tuesday that would restrict how much federal financial aid for-profit colleges can […]
Inside Higher Ed Meghan Brink July 27, 2022 The Biden administration declared in a response to a legal action from the for-profit industry that it has the authority to automatically cancel $6 billion in federal student debt to over 200,000 borrowers with pending borrower-defense claims as a result of the settlement […]
Committee on Education & Labor July 22, 2022 Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to America asking the country to take a stand against the Biden administration’s reckless student loan agenda. Since taking office, President Biden has forgiven massive amounts of student loans through […]
Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman July 25, 2022 A new report by Lightcast, a company that provides labor market data, found that going back to college is an especially good investment for adults learners. An analysis of more than 125 million online career profiles found that this group was 22 percent more […]
Inside Higher Ed Meghan Brink July 22, 2022 The uncertainty has experts worried about borrowers being unprepared for repayment to begin. A source says loan servicers have been told by the Education Department not to send statements to borrowers about the deadline. The clock is ticking for the Biden administration […]
Inside Higher Ed Susan D’Agostino July 22, 2022 Colleges and universities experienced a surge in ransomware attacks in 2021, and those attacks had significant operational and financial costs, according to a new report. “You can collect that money in a couple of hours,” a ransomware hacker’s representative wrote in a secure June […]