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(GENERAL-22-28) Availability of 2022 Guide for Compliance Attestation Engagements of Proprietary Schools Expending Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Grants

Federal Student Aid May 20, 2022 AUTHOR: Office of the Inspector General Non-Federal Audit Team ELECTRONIC ANNOUNCEMENT ID: GENERAL-22-28 SUBJECT: Availability of 2022 Guide for Compliance Attestation Engagements of Proprietary Schools Expending Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Grants The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Inspector General has published the 2022 version of the Guide for Compliance Attestation […]

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Report on Oversight of College Academic Quality by Higher Education Accreditors

College 101 America is home to more than 6000 colleges serving about 19M students. College accreditors are tasked with overseeing the academic quality of these colleges and with serving as gatekeepers of federal financial aid for them. We wanted to understand how often accreditors take action to discipline colleges for poor student outcomes or questionable […]

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Unlike boomers, millennials didn’t find good jobs until their 30s. Here’s what it means for colleges and employers.

Higher Ed Dive Rick Seltzer May 19, 2022 New reports describe how education-work pipelines fail many young adults, especially those of low socioeconomic status. What can prompt changes? Young adults are facing lengthier and more complicated pathways to quality jobs as postsecondary education has grown more valuable in the labor market — and those pathways […]

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(GEN-22-06) Changes to 2022-2023 Verification Requirements

Federal Student Aid  PUBLICATION DATE: May 18, 2022 DCL ID: GEN-22-06 SUBJECT: Changes to 2022-2023 Verification Requirements SUMMARY: This letter provides information about the extension of a waiver of certain verification requirements for the 2022-2023 award year as a result of the ongoing economic, social, and physical impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dear Colleague: The Department of […]

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