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Microcredentials Confuse Employers, Colleges and Learners

Inside Higher Ed Susan D’Agostino March 3, 2023 Three recent studies highlight confusion about alternative credentials. But all parties seek quality, verifiable, bite-size, low-priced online offerings targeting specific industries. Reskilling. Upskilling. Certificates. Certifications. Badges. Licenses. Microcredentials. Alternative credentials. Digital credentials. So many terms. So little agreement on what they mean, least of all in higher ed. […]

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Education Department shares plans to make for-profit executives responsible for colleges’ liabilities

Higher Ed Dive Rick Seltzer March 2, 2023 Officials describe new guidance as protecting taxpayer dollars and heading off risky behavior, but for-profits argue the move will limit student choice. The Biden administration is seeking more leverage over owners and leaders of colleges it considers risky, unveiling a new set of conditions it will use […]

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Holding Executives Responsible

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott March 3, 2023 In Education Department’s latest move to ramp up oversight of for-profit colleges, it outlines its authority to hold individuals who control risky institutions financially responsible. The guidance also applies to private nonprofit colleges. Individuals who own or run private colleges—for-profit and nonprofit—could be on the hook for […]

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(GENERAL-23-11) Establishing Personal Liability Requirements for Financial Losses Related to the Title IV Programs

Federal Student Aid March 1, 2023 On March 23, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) published an Electronic Announcement notifying institutions of higher education (institutions) that, in certain circumstances, it would require additional signatures on an institution’s Program Participation Agreement (PPA) from individuals representing corporations or other legal entities that have, or could have, direct or […]

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