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Education Department Releases Additional Guidance for 90/10 Rule

Education Department Releases Additional Guidance for 90/10 Rule

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott December 19, 2022 The U.S. Education Department is updating the list of federal education assistance funds that proprietary institutions have to include in their calculations of federal revenue. By law, for-profit colleges and universities have to bring in 10 percent of their revenue from non-federal […]

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Office of Postsecondary Education – Policy Initiatives

Office of Postsecondary Education – Policy Initiatives

U.S. Department of Education  December 16, 2022 The Office of Postsecondary Education formulates federal postsecondary education policy including policy relating to the federal student financial assistance programs. OPE also collects and disseminates student financial assistance program data as well as data in several key areas relating to postsecondary education. Policy Initiatives New 90/10 Federal Register […]

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FY 2023 Management Challenges Facing the U.S. Department of Education

FY 2023 Management Challenges Facing the U.S. Department of Education

Office of Inspector General December 2022 What are Management Challenges? The Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 defines major management challenges as programs or management functions that are vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and where a failure to perform well could seriously affect the ability of […]

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Report: Education Dept. Unable to Manage Wage-Garnishment System

Report: Education Dept. Unable to Manage Wage-Garnishment System

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott December 16, 2022 Advocates are calling on the Education Department to shut down its system for wage garnishment until it can be deployed lawfully. The Education Department failed to control its debt collection system during the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to thousands of people having […]

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Some Bay Area community colleges see 20% enrollment drop, data shows

Some Bay Area community colleges see 20% enrollment drop, data shows

ABC 7 News Melanie Woodrow and Grace Manthey December 15, 2022 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — There were approximately 419,000 fewer students at California community colleges last school year compared to the 2018-2019 school year, according to an ABC7 analysis of data from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. In the Bay […]

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Utah Governor Eases Degree Requirements for State Jobs

Utah Governor Eases Degree Requirements for State Jobs

Inside Higher Ed Josh Moody December 15, 2022 Utah governor Spencer Cox announced that the state is moving to eliminate requirements for bachelor’s degrees for state jobs. Instead, state hiring managers will emphasize experiences and competencies over degrees, according to a statement from the governor’s office released earlier this week. Utah’s executive […]

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The job market of the future is all about skills

The job market of the future is all about skills

WORKINGNATION Aneesh Raman December 13, 2022 The end of the year is often a time for reflection. Reflection about the biggest changes in the year that’s past as well as the biggest changes in the year to come. I’m ending this year with a longer-term view, thinking about how many […]

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9 million student-loan borrowers are now receiving correction emails after mistakenly being told last month they were approved for debt relief

9 million student-loan borrowers are now receiving correction emails after mistakenly being told last month they were approved for debt relief

Insider Ayelet Sheffey December 13, 2022  ~ 9 million student-loan borrowers mistakenly received a November email saying they were approved for debt relief.  ~ Correction emails started going out to the impacted borrowers this week.  ~ The errors were made by Accenture Federal Services, a contractor of the department. Millions […]

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Deep disparities spoil uptick in on-time completion rates

Deep disparities spoil uptick in on-time completion rates

Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz December 13, 2022 Dive Brief:   ~ On-time completion rates for college students ticked up across most U.S. states from 2016 to 2021, according to a new report from Complete College America, a nonprofit aiming to improve               postsecondary attainment.  ~Improvements […]

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