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Inside Higher Ed Emma Whitford October 26, 2021 Experts hoped college enrollments would rebound this fall. New data show that while selective institutions have seen their numbers recover, most others …

Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz October 21, 2021 The sector fears it will be unfairly targeted by probes into financial aid abuses. Experts say the division should look into infractions …

Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely October 20, 2021 The U.S. Department of Education released a new resource Tuesday for educators and practitioners on supporting students’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, including …

Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz October 15, 2021 Dive Brief:  Dozens of Vista College students who were enrolled at one of the chain’s Texas campuses when the for-profit institution abruptly …

Career Education Review Jenny October 18, 2021 Inaugural Cohort Begins Their Journey on October 18, 2021 SAN MARCOS, Calif. (Oct. 18, 2021) – Pima Medical Institute continues to show its …

Inside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik October 18, 2021 A faculty committee studying whether the University of California system should use a state exam in admissions has given the idea a …

Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely October 18, 2021 The Department of Education is planning to increase its oversight of six loan servicing companies, beginning next year, by including stronger standards …

Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman October 18, 2021 Community college leaders celebrated new legislation allowing their institutions to offer more four-year degrees. The measure is also a win for the …

Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman October 8, 2021 A new report examines how much control community colleges have over former students’ wages and their ability to pay off loans postcollege. …

Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz October 14, 2021 Dive Brief:  A former dean at the University of Southern California and a Los Angeles politician have been indicted after a federal corruption …

Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman October 13, 2021 California governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to extend access to the state’s financial aid program to about 160,000 more college students. The …

Higher Ed Dive  Natalie Schwartz October 12, 2021 Dive Brief:  The owner of Vista College, a chain of for-profit schools, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection Monday after last week suddenly shuttering …

VEP October 12, 2021 One of the biggest reasons many enlist in the Military and serve our country is for the benefits they’re promised. Education, housing, health insurance, etc. To …

Forbes Preston Cooper October 13, 2021 The reconciliation bill currently under debate in Congress includes a scheme to provide two years of free community college, the centerpiece of a $111 billion boost …

EdSource Ashley A. Smith October 12, 2021 Students pushing for changes in admission process Despite the high demand for more nurses, students at some California community colleges are finding it difficult …

Committee on Education & Labor September 28, 2021 Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after yet another major student loan …

Washington Examiner Beth Akers September 29, 2021 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued a crackdown on an industry providing a new financial product, income share agreements (ISAs), that can help …

Committee on Education & Labor  September 28, 2021 Today, Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Senate Health, Education, …

Higher Ed Dive  Rick Seltzer September 28, 2021 Arthur Levine discusses how trends like personalized education are unfolding, what’s driving them, and what can go right or wrong for colleges. …

Career Education Review Jenny September 29, 2021 Summer Hernandez – Bellus Academy – Chula Vista, Graduate I was in the navy from 2013-2018. When I was stationed overseas I started …

Phil on Ed Tech  September 21, 2021 Phil Hill Last week I shared a profile of US online education enrollment based on the new IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2020 data set – the …

Federal Student Aid  September 24, 2021 Reminder: Mandatory SAIG Software Upgrade by Oct. 23, 2021 to Maintain Access to the SAIG As a reminder, to comply with an important federal …

The Job September 23, 2021 A growing number of businesses appear to be dropping degree requirements in hiring. The potential shift comes as Byron Auguste, CEO of Opportunity@Work, and others argue that privileging job applicants …

Higher Ed Dive September 21, 2021 Rick Seltzer A recent CFPB statement that income-share agreements are loans could hurt the financial products — or mark a new era. Income-share agreements …

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Career Education Review  September 21, 2021 Jenny Unitek Supports Student-to-Staff Initiative Through Educational Assistant Program Unitek Learning now offers career-advancement opportunities to recent nursing graduates. Through the Educational Assistant (EA) …

SJVC September 9, 2021 San Joaquin Valley College’s online Bachelor of Science degree Dental Hygiene (BSDH) program recently prepared twelve newly credentialed graduates for professional growth and development. This accelerated program, designed …

Inside Higher Ed Emma Whitford September 13, 2021 Political party, age and income level play a role in whether Americans believe a bachelor’s degree is worth the time and money. …

Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely September 15, 2021 The Senate voted 58 to 37 Tuesday to confirm James Kvaal as under secretary of education, nearly five months after his confirmation …

Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely September 14, 2021 Fifty-nine members of the House sent a letter Monday to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Suzanne Goldberg, …

Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely September 14, 2021 Doubling the maximum Pell Grant to $13,000 would result in substantial reductions in future student loan debt, according to a new report from the …

Higher Ed Dive  September 8, 2021 Rick Seltzer Dive Brief: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moved against a nonprofit organization that provides income-share agreements, saying it misrepresented the nature of …

The Hill September 8, 2021 Sylvan Lane Four House Republicans are pressuring Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to rule out a potential mass forgiveness of federal student loan debt without congressional approval. In …

Committee on Education & Labor  September 8, 2021 Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Education and Labor Democrats unveiled their piece …

Inside Higher Ed September 8, 2021 Alexis Gravely The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took action Tuesday against a company offering income-share agreements to help students finance their degrees. The company …

NPR David Folkenflik September 7, 2021 Stymied at every turn, accused of things he never did, Robert Shireman figured this summer that, finally, he knew how best he could reclaim …

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs September 7, 2021 School Leadership, as you may recall, as of October 1, 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is rescinding and resetting all …

Career Education Review Jenny September 8, 2021 24-Hour Fundraiser Shines Light on Community Nonprofits like The San Marcos Promise San Diego, Calif. (September 8, 2021) – On Thursday, September 9, San …

Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman September 1, 2021 Some California community colleges, already struggling with enrollment declines and the fallout from the pandemic, now face new challenges caused by the wildfires. …

Cal Matters Kristen Hwang August 26, 2021 IN SUMMARY COVID-19 burnout is driving many nurses to quit, and hospital administrators say the state’s new vaccine mandate is compounding the shortage, …

Inside Higher Ed  Stephen J. Handel and Eileen L. Strempel August 21, 2021 Free college proposals would only exacerbate the degree completion gap in higher ed, write Stephen J. Handel …

Higher Ed Dive  Natalie Schwartz September 1, 2021 Dive Brief:  More than 65,000 suspected fraudulent financial applications were created in what may have been an attempt to scam the California Community …

Los Angeles Times Colleen Shalby and Teresa Watanabe August 31, 2021 The California Community Colleges system is investigating potentially widespread fraud involving fake “bot students” enrolled in active courses in …

Military Times Leo Shane III August 30, 2021 Recent reforms to the Post-9/11 GI Bill have been focused largely on broadening eligibility for both what individuals and what types of education opportunities …

CECU August 31, 2021 Arlington, Va. — A new survey commissioned by Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU) found that a majority of respondents felt that their experiences at proprietary institutions …

Career Education Review  Jenny September 1, 2021 Expanded Facilities Will Enable NWC to Continue to Educate Students for Success WEST COVINA, Calif.—North-West College (NWC) recently announced that its San Diego …

Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz August 31, 2021 Dive Brief:  Colleges and universities lost about 191,500 transfer students in the 2020-21 academic year — representing a loss almost three times greater than the …

Higher Ed Dive  Natalie Schwartz August 2, 2021 UPDATE: Aug. 27, 2021: The Center for Excellence in Higher Education, an embattled college operator that is shutting down operations, wrote to at …

Inside Higher Ed August 30, 2021 Doug Lederman Western accrediting agency’s new database, tapping into wide swath of federal information, better enables public scrutiny of the performance of the colleges …

Career Education Review  Jenny August 30, 2021 New Grant Awarded through February 2027 CNI College is honored to announce continued accreditation from the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES). …

Inside Higher Ed  Elizabeth Redden August 27, 2021 The ruling faults the university’s analysis of the environmental impacts of increased enrollment as flawed and orders it not to further increase …

U.S. Department of Education  August 26,2021 Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced it will make $1.1 billion in closed school discharges available to an additional 115,000 borrowers who attended …

Newsweek Tom Fish August 26, 2021 Having a safe college environment is critical for students. College data and review site Niche has analyzed data and student reviews to look at …

Inside Higher Ed John Clark August 22, 2021 A guest post by John Clark, a senior consultant at WGU Labs and adjunct instructor at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill. …

U.S. Department of Education  August 20, 2021 Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that the office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) has retroactively waived interest on loans held by …

Committee on Education & Labor August 24, 2021 Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement in response to the Education Department’s …

Newsweek Tom Fish August 24, 2021 College can help students kick-start their chosen careers. While working hard to get good grades is key to gaining a great salary, certain U.S. …

CECU  August 24, 2021 Arlington, Va. — The U.S. Department of Education today announced that borrowers with successful borrower defense claims will be entitled to a rebuttable presumption of full student …

Inside Higher Ed Steven Mintz August 19, 2021 What should we do about the educated underemployed? Is the United States producing an overeducated class with few prospects of holding a …

SJVC August 19, 2021 Thirty years ago, there was more going on than those flash-fads of parachute pants, beanie babies and Macarena performances. A growing interest in the community for …

Inside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik August 17, 2021 The Department of Education has updated prior guidance to financial aid administrators about their authority to exercise “professional judgment” for individual financial aid applicants …

Inside Higher Ed Colleen Flaherty August 12, 2021 Gary Stephen Maynard, an adjunct instructor of criminal justice studies who worked at several northern California colleges, is being held in jail …

Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman August 12, 2021 In a settlement with Brown, the Justice Department affirms that students with mental health disabilities must be given equal access to higher …

Higher Ed Dive  Rick Seltzer August 10, 2021 Dive Brief: Two shuttered for-profit institutions owe a total of more than $6 million, the U.S. Department of Education’s office of Federal …

Duane Morris  Jonathan Helwink August 10, 2021 On August 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) announced that it would be establishing a negotiated rulemaking committee, entitled the “Affordability …

Higher Ed Dive  Jeremy Bauer-Wolf August 9, 2021 Dive Brief: Colleges that participate in a multistate reciprocity agreement for online education see growth in the number of students who enroll …

The Washington Post  Danielle Douglas-Gabriel August 9, 2021 The Education Department on Monday scrapped a Trump-era policy of shielding companies that manage its $1.5 trillion student loan portfolio from state regulation. Instead, …

CECU Congress is debating a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, including more than $500 billion in new spending on transportation, broadband, and utility systems. To carry out this work, America …

SJVC August 9, 2021 We are pleased to announce that SJVC Hesperia is now offering both a Certificate of Completion and an Associate of Science degree in Electrical Technology. Students can earn …

Inside Higher Ed Scott Jaschik August 9, 2021 A poll of the public by Quinnipiac University has found that 48 percent of those responding favor mandatory vaccines for college students, while 48 percent …

Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely August 9, 2021 While the announcement was generally met with praise, it was accompanied by continued calls for the Biden administration to do more to …

Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely August 10, 2021 Individual states are able to regulate federal student loan servicers in most circumstances without being preempted by the Higher Education Act of …

NASFAA Owen Daugherty August 9, 2021 California regulators plan to apply more oversight to income-share agreements (ISAs) and will now treat them as private student loans under California’s student loan …

Yahoo Finance Aarthi Swaminathan August 5, 2021 California’s top consumer watchdog has signed a deal with a company providing alternative student loans to increase oversight over increasingly popular income-share agreements (ISAs), Yahoo …

Inside Higher Ed Doug Lederman August 2, 2021 More public and private two-year and four-year colleges closed or merged between 2019-20 and 2020-21 than was true for for-profit institutions, a …

Inside Higher Ed July 30, 2021 Scott Jaschik Pearson is today launching a student app that will provide tools to use with their Pearson books. The app, according to Pearson, …

Inside Higher Ed Emma Whitford July 30, 2021 Marymount has sought a buyer for two years. Saint Leo is looking to expand its reach, both online and on the ground. …

Real Clear Education  Steven Taylor July 30, 2021 The #DoublePell movement to increase the maximum Pell Grant – a federal subsidy to help eligible low-income students pay for college – will likely play out …

Higher Ed Dive  Natalie Schwartz July 28, 2021 Dive Brief: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed higher education legislation this week that expands student financial aid, creates new transfer pathways and provides grants …

Strada Education Network  July 28, 2021 Report also finds that more respondents rate shorter nondegree programs as worth the cost than longer ones. INDIANAPOLIS — July 28, 2021 — Strada …

Committee on Education & Labor  July 27, 2021 Yet again, Democrats are attempting to ram through a massive spending package that balloons the national debt and the left-wing agenda in …

Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely July 28, 2021 Some members of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity wanted to renew the accrediting agency for as little as …

Inside Higher Ed Sara Weissman July 27, 2021 College of Marin leaders hope to use $2,000 grants to persuade more than 400 students who left during the pandemic to return …

Update ED Jessica S. High July 23, 2021 On July 20, 2021, the Department of Education (through the Office of Civil Rights “OCR”), unveiled new guidance to help schools understand …

U.S. Department of Education  July 23, 2021 Department of Education Releases Resource to Help Schools Improve Ventilation Systems to Prevent COVID-19 American Rescue Plan funds can be used to support …

CECU July 23, 2021 Arlington, Va. — Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU) today endorsed the Time for Completion Act, introduced by Representative Jahana Hayes (D-CT). The bill would increase student outcome reporting requirements …

NASFAA Hugh T. Ferguson July 23, 2021 A new study focusing on California’s community colleges found that 1 in 4 students lose access to financial aid after just one year …

Annenberg Brown University  July 2021 This paper examines how financial aid reform based on postsecondary institutional performance impacts student choice. Federal and state regulations often reflect concerns about the private, …

Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely July 22, 2021 It’s not unusual for senators to hold up the confirmation of presidential nominees — but it is unusual when the holdup comes from …

Inside Higher Ed  Sara Weissman July 21, 2021 The California Community Colleges system will require students to take an ethnic studies course. The new policy follows legislation that established a …

The Chronicle of Higher Education Sarah Brown July 20, 2021 The Education Department on Tuesday issued new guidance for how colleges should investigate sexual misconduct under Title IX, the federal gender-equity law. …

NASFAA Jill Desjean and Federal Relations Staff July 20, 2021 On Monday, NASFAA signed on to a letter with several other higher education associations to alert Congress to serious concerns about a …

Los Angeles Times  Teresa Watanabe July 19, 2021 California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley will join the Biden administration in a temporary role advising U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona …

VEP  July 13, 2021 Despite our damning research into the 90/10 Rule, Collateral Damage, which demonstrates that the 90/10 Rule is merely a blunt inputs-test that does nothing to guarantee or incentivize quality …

Career Education Review Jenny July 15, 2021 Unitek elects a vice president to support student success initiatives and focus on growth Unitek Learning is thrilled to announce a new addition …

Politico  Caitlin Emma and Jennifer Scholtes July 13, 2021 The proposal sets an overall limit for the array of Democratic policy ambitions that won’t make it into a bipartisan infrastructure …

Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely July 14, 2021 Catherine Lhamon fielded questions about her views on Title IX regulations and her past use of informal guidance, as she hopes to once …

Higher Ed Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf July 9, 2021 Dive Brief: A group of 21 Republican state attorneys general wrote to President Joe Biden on Wednesday arguing the administration “misconstrued federal law” when it interpreted …