Career Education Review Jenny February 24, 2021 New Briefing Paper Examines Hurdles Faced by Career Colleges versus Traditional Higher Ed (Arlington, VA) — As president of the Southern University of New Hampshire, Paul LeBlanc has leveraged an enormous advertising budget over the past two decades ($139 million in 2018) to dramatically grow the school’s primarily […]
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CNBC Annie Nova February 23, 2021 KEY POINTS The Biden administration is opening the Paycheck Protection Program to student loan borrowers who’ve fallen behind on their payments. Previously, a delinquency or default on an applicant’s record could disqualify them for the government-subsidized loans. Around a third of federal student loan borrowers are in delinquency or […]
Read MoreCareer Education Review Jenny February 24, 2021 Contact: Press Office, USDA Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov As part of its ongoing efforts to ease the economic burden on millions of Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education—in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—issued guidance to postsecondary institutions to inform them about temporarily […]
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Inside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik February 24, 2021 The California Student Aid Commission and two members of the state Assembly have proposed a major expansion of the state’s primary student aid, the Cal Grant. The proposal would reach 200,000 additional students, many of them low-income students, student parents and returning learners. The proposal would also […]
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