WITN December 28, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. (WITN) -President Joe Biden signs into law a new bill that will help veterans who are students with stability with transferring courses and credits. The VETS Credit Act is to help student veterans with credit or course transfers in case their program ends or […]
The 74 Joshua Bay January 2, 2023 New data shows gender disparities in fall 2022 college freshmen enrollment, with female students opting out at more than twice the rate of males, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Across all four-year universities and community colleges, male […]
Duane Morris Jessica S. High December 26, 2022 Student Test Taker Privacy Protection Act (SB-1172), limits the collection of personal data by proctoring services. The pandemic created a surge of online-proctoring services which utilize various types of personal information, such as a driver’s license, other identification and/or biometric data, to verify […]
Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman January 4, 2023 Community colleges underwent major staffing losses during the pandemic. Now they’re suffering from the ripple effects, and campus leaders are trying desperately to recruit. Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff […]
Federal Register December 21, 2022 AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice lists the Federal education assistance funds for qualifying students that proprietary institutions of higher education must include as Federal revenue in their non-Federal revenue calculation (known as “90/10”). DATES: Institutions must include […]
The San Diego Union Tribune Gary Robbins December 22, 2022 The accrediting commission WASC says the 42-year-old private, for-profit institute “may not have resources sufficient to ensure long term viability if current trends continue.” The NewSchool of Architecture & Design, a decades-old “idea factory” that has helped revitalize downtown’s East […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz December 21, 2022 The list puts into practice congressional changes limiting revenue for-profit colleges can draw from federal education funds — including military aid. The U.S. Department of Education released a list this week of federal education assistance funds that for-profit colleges will have to […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz December 19, 2022 A recent federal court ruling and coming regulations could deter some for-profit colleges from attempting to become nonprofits under complex deals. Earlier this month, Grand Canyon University, a Christian institution headquartered in Arizona with a large online footprint, lost a legal battle […]
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 […]
Urban Institute Jason Delisle and Jason Cohn December 2022 When the Obama administration implemented the first gainful employment (GE) rule in 2014 to protect students from education credentials that lead to unaffordable debts, virtually all programs at public institutions passed the test.1 Although the underlying GE law applies to certificate […]