NASFAA 2021 and 2022 Fiscal Year Student Aid Amounts, Including Changes to Federal Methodology, FAFSA, Pell Grants for Incarcerated Students, Direct Loans, and other Changes Significant changes to federal student aid policy, including simplifying the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), expanding Pell Grant eligibility to incarcerated students, and the repeal of limitations on […]
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Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott October 19, 2022 Several Democratic senators want the U.S. Department of Education to hold for-profit college executives personally liable for student loans discharged because of an institution’s misconduct. “Despite the Department repeatedly finding that fraudulent for-profit colleges widely mislead [sic] students and misrepresented their costs, ability to transfer credits, and […]
Read MoreInside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik October 18, 2022 President Biden on Monday afternoon opened his plan to forgive hundreds of millions of dollars in student debt to everyone who is eligible. The plan forgives $10,000 for anyone earning less than $125,000 or $250,000 for couples filing joint tax returns. Pell Grant recipients would be eligible […]
Read MoreInside Higher Ed Josh Moody October 18, 2022 Ambow Education purchased Bay State College in 2017 and the NewSchool of Architecture & Design in 2020. Now critics say both institutions are in shambles. Two colleges, one for-profit Chinese education company and too many problems to count. Bay State College in Massachusetts has seen three presidents […]
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