Jamaal Abdul-AlimStudentsDepartment of Education Scrapping Plan for Single Student Loan ServicerThe U.S. Department of Education announced late Tuesday that it was reversing course on its plan to award all federal student loans to a single student loan servicer and creating a new “environment” for how it operates.August 1, 2017StudentsExpert: U.S. Higher Ed a Key Resource for Global OutreachAmerican colleges and universities are an “essential part of our nation’s diplomatic outreach” and critical to building the cross-cultural relationships necessary to solve the world’s most pressing problems, a U.S. State Department official said at an international education forum.August 1, 2017StudentsColleges Urged to Be Inclusive of International StudentsColleges and universities must begin to think of international students more as part of the overall student population and not as a separate group, attendees at the EducationUSA forum are told.July 31, 2017StudentsApprenticeship Programs Gaining MomentumPresident Donald J. Trump and Congress are looking to expand apprenticeship opportunities, lauding the workforce development strategy for giving students a way to make money and affordably educate themselves for bigger and better things.July 30, 2017StudentsClearinghouse Data May Help Students Home In on SuccessDistrict of Columbia Public Schools administrators are using National Student Clearinghouse data to determine how well their graduates are faring at particular institutions of higher education.July 26, 2017StudentsReport: Good Jobs Available for Those Without Bachelor’sDespite the decline of manufacturing that made good jobs for high school graduates a rarity, there are still 30 million good jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree, a new report being released today shows.July 26, 2017StudentsScholars’ Research Challenges College ‘Mismatch’ TheoryLow-income students could have a better shot at upward mobility if they had greater access to more colleges with a record of good student outcomes, but “income segregation” is getting in the way, several scholars argue in a new study.July 24, 2017StudentsSenators Durbin, Graham Try to Jump-start Dream ActTwo U.S. Senators called on President Donald J. Trump and their fellow lawmakers Thursday to support their bipartisan effort to win passage of the Dream Act.July 20, 2017HomeACE Names Ted Mitchell PresidentFormer U.S. Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell has been named as the 13th president of the American Council on Education, the largest lobbying group for colleges and universities.July 20, 2017StudentsStudy: Increased Credit Hours’ Impact on Graduation Rates ‘Very Limited’A recent study finds that excess credit hour policies were having a “very limited” impact on graduation rates and degree completion, but were plunging students deeper into debt.July 19, 2017Previous PagePage 8 of 81Next Page
