The Hechinger Report Jon Marcus April 26, 2024 Most never finish their degrees, and alumni wonder about the value of degrees they’ve earned It was when the shuttle bus stopped coming that Luka Fernandes began to worry. Fernandes was a student at Newbury College near Boston whose enrollment had declined in the previous two decades […]
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Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott and Liam Knox April 28, 2024 The Federal Student Aid chief and debt-relief czar is stepping down after months of criticism over the bungled FAFSA overhaul. But is now the right time for accountability? Richard Cordray, the chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid and top student […]
Read MoreInside Higher Ed Liam Knox April 26, 2024 The University of Phoenix has agreed to pay $4.5 million in a settlement over unlawful recruitment tactics for military students, the California Attorney General’s office announced Thursday. The settlement concludes a nearly decade-long investigation into the online, for-profit university’s “aggressive” recruitment of veterans who qualified for the Post-9/11 GI Bill between […]
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National Association of Manufactures Nam Newsroom April 25, 2024 A new final overtime rule from the U.S. Department of Labor will reduce flexibility for employees and could force manufacturers to make difficult choices about their workforces, the NAM said Tuesday. What’s going on: The new regulation “changes the salary threshold used to determine whether a worker is exempt […]
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