Inside Higher Ed Meghan Brink August 5, 2022 A federal judge said Thursday he will give preliminary approval to a settlement deal for a years-long lawsuit against the Education Department that would automatically cancel $6 billion in student debt owed by nearly 200,000 borrowers who say they were defrauded by their colleges. The judge also allowed […]
Read MoreInside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik August 5, 2022 Almost 40,000 Californians left the state for higher education in 2020, a 27 percent increase from 2010 in the number of California freshmen going outside the state, The Sacramento Bee reported. The Bee, based on Education Department data, reported about 16,500 students came from other states to become freshmen in California […]
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Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz August 3,2022 We’re keeping tabs on how companies are performing to get a glimpse into where higher education has been and where it’s headed. Several major higher education companies are publicly traded, which means they’re required to provide regular disclosures about their strategies and performance. When they do so, they […]
Read MoreHigher Ed Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf August 1, 2022 A recent federal court decision blocking Education Department guidance on the anti-discrimination law portends trouble for the administration. Legal experts weren’t surprised last month when a federal judge in Tennessee temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Education from enforcing, in some parts of the country, directives designed […]
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