Education Dive by James Paterson Dive Brief: College students generally expect to earn more than they probably will, and having better information about earnings doesn’t cause them to change majors. That’s according to an issue brief published by a visiting scholar and an assistant research professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey, […]
Inside Higher Ed By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf In an unparalleled decision and a win for those who feel due process has been shunned in campus investigations of sexual assault, a federal appeals court has ruled that universities must allow students in these cases — or their representatives — to directly question their accuser […]
https://www.educationdive.com/news/report-only-56-of-two-year-college-students-transferred-to-four-year-ins/529845/ The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s Transfer and Mobility study for 2018 reports that only 5.6% of the fall 2011 cohort of students attending two-year institutions in the U.S. transferred to four-year institutions after receiving either a certificate or an associate degree from their starting institutions. The vast majority […]
Star Tribune by Evan Ramstad Capella Education Co. and Strayer Education Inc. closed their merger Wednesday and, in their last results as separate entities, reported strong growth this spring, with Capella’s new enrollment rising at its fastest pace in eight years. The performance sent shares of the combined firm, which […]
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Inside Higher Ed By Rick Seltzer After Mount Ida College closure, Massachusetts proposals grapple with whether colleges should disclose shutdown possibilities and when regulators should step in. Months after Mount Ida College’s sudden collapse rocked higher education-heavy Massachusetts, several arms of the state’s government are exploring regulatory changes to try to […]
Inside Higher Ed by Mark Lieberman University system’s program will let residential students enroll at no charge in online courses from any of the system’s 23 campuses — not just the one where they’re enrolled. Many institutions allow residential students to dabble in online courses as they work through their schedule of […]
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 […]
Inside Higher Ed by Lindsay McKenzie Assertions that the U.S. Department of Education missed a deadline to delay state authorization rules are incorrect, a department spokeswoman said Thursday. In a statement, the department said it “did not miss the July 1 deadline for this delay.” A notice confirming the two-year delay in putting the new rule in place […]
Education Dive by Shalina Chatlani Dive Brief: International students face a number of concerns with language differences, family income, legal and regulatory constraints in a tight visa application process. They may also feel a sense of anxiety, especially now with a Supreme Court decision to uphold President Donald Trump’s travel ban, wrote Brad […]