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Cyberextortion Threat Evolves

Cyberextortion Threat Evolves

Inside Higher Ed Lindsay McKenzie June 11, 2020 Cybercriminals have found a new way to extort universities — stealing sensitive information and then threatening to share it on the dark web unless a bounty is paid. Three institutions were successfully targeted by hackers using this approach in the past two weeks. […]

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DCA Boards and Bureaus Need You!

DCA Boards and Bureaus Need You!

DCA NEWS News from the California Department of Consumer Affairs Brady Oppenheim June 10, 2020 Apply to become a volunteer board member We see you out there: You want to give back to your community by volunteering, but also would like a unique, interesting, and engaging experience. The Department of […]

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Report: Which Employability Skills Are Students Missing?

Report: Which Employability Skills Are Students Missing?

Inside Higher Ed Madeline St. Amour June 10, 2020 Two new reports highlight the gaps in employability skills among college graduates. The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities surveyed stakeholders across 31 universities on the importance of certain skills and how prepared students are in those skills, as well as […]

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Reading Scores and the Gender Gap in College Enrollment

Reading Scores and the Gender Gap in College Enrollment

Inside Higher Ed Madeline St. Amour June 10, 2020 New research shows that boys’ poor reading skills in adolescence and social attitudes about women attending college could help explain why fewer men than women enroll in higher education. Researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Essex in […]

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Consumer Groups to Challenge ‘Partial Relief’ Rule

Consumer Groups to Challenge ‘Partial Relief’ Rule

Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami June 9, 2020 Consumer groups are expected to file a federal lawsuit today challenging U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s so-called partial relief rule, in which more students get only a part of their student debt forgiven if they have been defrauded by their institutions. The rule DeVos announced […]

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Report: Dropping Financial Scores Would Help For-Profits

Report: Dropping Financial Scores Would Help For-Profits

Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami June 9, 2020 A proposal expected to be ruled upon by the Education Department soon, to waive measures of institutions’ financial health for three years, would mainly help troubled for-profit colleges, according to a report released Tuesday by the progressive Center for American Progress. In […]

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18 Democratic attorneys general sue DeVos over campus sexual violence rules

18 Democratic attorneys general sue DeVos over campus sexual violence rules

Education Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf June 5, 2020 Dive Brief: Eighteen Democratic attorneys general have sued U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos over her new regulations governing how colleges should investigate and respond to sexual violence on campus. They argue the rules undermine the intent of Title IX, the federal law barring campus […]

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