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Elizabeth Warren wants Biden’s Education Department to go beyond broad student-loan forgiveness and crack down on the institutions that cause borrowers’ debt loads to spiral

Insider Ayelet Sheffey March 27, 2023 Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the Education Department with recommendations to better protect student-loan borrowers. She urged stronger oversight on for-profit institutions that engage in predatory behavior. She also recommended oversight for OPM providers, and quick implementation of the gainful employment rule. As millions of student-loan borrowers wait […]

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The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma

Ed Surge Mordecai I. Brownlee March 23, 2023 This semester, the Community College of Aurora rolled out the first microcredentials in its history. These short courses offer students the opportunity to study behavioral health, which aligns with jobs in our region related to human services, sociology, counseling, psychology and social work. Community colleges, which have […]

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Educause pushes Ed. Dept. to rethink ‘third-party servicer’ guidance

EDSCOOP Lindsay McKenzie March 20, 2023 Educause is continuing to press the U.S. Department of Education to revise its oversight of edtech providers. Educause is continuing to work with its institutional members and other higher education organizations to get the U.S. Department of Education to reconsider its recent guidance on ‘third-party servicers,’ according to an […]

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