Inside Higher Ed Kathryn Palmer March 28, 2024 A staff member at a Florida college, posing as a student, hires a contract cheating firm to test the institution’s systems for preventing fraud. The outcome offers lessons for instructors and students as virtual learning expands. Katie Ragsdale sat in an empty conference room on the campus […]
Read MoreInside Higher Ed Katherine Knott March 27, 2024 The Education Department asked for two years’ worth of data by July 31—a task that will be “a significant institutional undertaking,” administrators say. As colleges and universities scramble to process student financial aid applications and send out award letters, institutions want more time to comply with reporting […]
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Congressman Jeff Jackson March 26, 2024 Bill would improve oversight over for-profit college industry Washington — Congressman Jeff Jackson introduced the Proprietary Education Oversight Task Force Act to improve oversight over for-profit colleges and universities. The Proprietary Education Oversight Task Force Act creates an interagency committee that enhances coordination of federal oversight for for-profit colleges, protecting students from […]
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Washington Examiner Jeremiah Poff March 25, 2024 Grand Canyon University may have seen its budding Cinderella run in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament cut short by the University of Alabama on Sunday, but the Arizona Christian university is facing far greater odds as it tries to stand up to political persecution from the Biden administration. GCU won its first March […]
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