Phil on Ed Tech September 21, 2021 Phil Hill Last week I shared a profile of US online education enrollment based on the new IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2020 data set – the first mid-pandemic national distance education (DE) profile. Let’s look at the institutions with the top online enrollments along with some of the trends. As a […]
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Federal Student Aid September 24, 2021 Reminder: Mandatory SAIG Software Upgrade by Oct. 23, 2021 to Maintain Access to the SAIG As a reminder, to comply with an important federal mandate to improve email and web security, a new version of Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) software—EDconnect or TDClient—must be installed by all users. As […]
Read MoreThe Job September 23, 2021 A growing number of businesses appear to be dropping degree requirements in hiring. The potential shift comes as Byron Auguste, CEO of Opportunity@Work, and others argue that privileging job applicants with four-year degrees excludes millions of Americans from the middle class, and that this form of discrimination in particular hurts people of color. At the same time, […]
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Higher Ed Dive September 21, 2021 Rick Seltzer A recent CFPB statement that income-share agreements are loans could hurt the financial products — or mark a new era. Income-share agreements are at a legal crossroads after regulators put a stake in the ground saying ISAs are loans. The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Sept. […]
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