Brookings Katherine Meyer March 14, 2023 Higher education has long been a vehicle for economic mobility and the primary center for workforce skill development. But alongside the recognition of the many individual and societal benefits from postsecondary education has been a growing focus on the individual and societal costs of financing higher education. In light […]
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NASFAA Hugh T. Ferguson March 15, 2023 Federal Student Aid (FSA) on Tuesday announced that it will utilize secret shoppers to evaluate recruitment, enrollment, financial aid, and other postsecondary program practices, in order to ensure that schools are not conducting predatory or deceptive practices in violation of Title IV regulations. The launch of this monitoring program is […]
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Committee on Education & The Workforce March 13, 2023 Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) skewered the Biden administration’s IDR rule after the Congressional Budget Office estimated this radical policy will cost taxpayers $230 billion. The IDR proposal will severely exacerbate rising college costs and excessive borrowing. “The administration’s Income-Driven Repayment […]
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Higher Ed Dive Laura Spitalniak March 13, 023 Dive Brief: A shuttered for-profit college corporation will pay $28 million to settle allegations it left students in the lurch following its sudden closure. A lawsuit against the Education Corporation of America and its subsidiaries claimed the coalition didn’t provide students a way to complete their education […]
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