Insider John L. Dorman April 30, 2022 President Joe Biden is mulling over forgiving a minimum of $10,000 in student loan debt per borrower via execution action, according to individuals with knowledge of the matter who spoke to Bloomberg. A sweeping debt-forgiveness effort by Biden would represent a massive turnaround from the decidedly cautious approach he has […]
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Federal Student Aid April 29, 2022 Office of Postsecondary Education ELECTRONIC ANNOUNCEMENT ID As a reminder, Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Annual Performance Reports (APRs) must be completed and submitted to the Department by Friday, May 6, 2022, 11:59 pm ET. The APR covers activities funded between January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 […]
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The Hechinger Report Lilah Burke April 30, 2022 Institutions are quietly resisting a proposal to strip federal funding from low-payoff programs Vanessa Valenciano had high hopes for the certificate she earned at public Aims Community College in Colorado. After all, colleges have been advertising these kinds of credentials as the next best thing to a […]
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Cal Matters Emma Hall, Emily Forschen, Emily Margaretten and Eden Taylor April 30, 2022 IN SUMMARY California’s community college enrollment plummeted during the pandemic. Here are the stories of some of the students who left. California community colleges have seen their enrollment drop by about a fifth during the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 300,000 […]
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