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Income-Share Agreement Providers Want to Woo Higher Ed. But Will It Work?

Income-Share Agreement Providers Want to Woo Higher Ed. But Will It Work?

Ed Surge By Sydney Johnson This month the U.S. Education Department announced a proposal to remove a set of higher education regulations meant to punish college programs that turned out to be bad deals for students—specifically, ones whose graduates’ student-loan payments were higher than a specific portion their incomes. The policy, […]

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Income Share Agreements Gaining Ground in Higher Ed

Income Share Agreements Gaining Ground in Higher Ed

Education Dive Dive Brief: Income share agreements, where institutions help students pay for tuition so long as the borrower gives up a certain percentage of income following graduation to pay back the costs, are gaining traction within the industry. Purdue University led the trend in 2016, with its “Back A Boiler” […]

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Trump Administration Backs Off Reshuffling of Student Debt Collection

Trump Administration Backs Off Reshuffling of Student Debt Collection

Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum An Education Department plan to begin cutting large debt collection firms out of the student loan system is on hold after Congress warned against move. The Department of Education planned this month to begin reshaping the role of private debt collection firms in handling […]

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Veterans’ organizations oppose Republican higher education bill

Veterans’ organizations oppose Republican higher education bill

Inside Higher Ed Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers — although to varying degrees — expressed frustrations with the proposed White House education budget in a hearing Tuesday. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appeared before the House appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, education, and related agencies, the first opportunity lawmakers have […]

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Another Coding Bootcamp, Learners Guild, Bites the Dust

Another Coding Bootcamp, Learners Guild, Bites the Dust

Ed Surge by Tony Wan Another coding bootcamp has kicked the bucket. Learners Guild, which offered a 10-month program for aspiring software engineers, has shut down. The following note now appears on the website of the Oakland, California-based company: “Nearly three years ago, we set out to create a radically accessible […]

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Top U.S. Colleges Should Expand Enrollment, Expert Says

Top U.S. Colleges Should Expand Enrollment, Expert Says

Education Dive by James Paterson Selingo wrote that at leading American institutions often only 10% of students who apply are admitted and even some top-tier public state universities are becoming more selective rather than growing. He said the trend began in the 1950s and 1960s when states built new universities to […]

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California Finalizes Performance Funding Formula for it’s Community Colleges

California Finalizes Performance Funding Formula for it’s Community Colleges

Inside Higher Ed As California Goes? The biggest and perhaps least likely state to try performance funding will tie billions of dollars for community colleges to measures of student success, a plan faculty groups say will punish students and colleges. By Paul Fain With powerful faculty organizations and a commitment to unfettered […]

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New Accreditation Panel on Nonprofit Conversions

New Accreditation Panel on Nonprofit Conversions

Inside Higher Ed New Accreditation Panel on Nonprofit Conversions By Andrew Kreighbaum May 25, 2018 The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, which oversees the country’s higher ed accrediting bodies, voted Thursday to have a subcommittee study oversight questions involved in for-profit colleges seeking to reclassify as nonprofit entities. […]

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