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Western Governor’s Introduces Scholarship Program

Western Governors University (WGU), an online, nonprofit, competency-based university established to expand Nevadans’ access to higher education throughout the state is offering 250 Smart Choice Scholarships—each valued at up to $2,000—$500 per six-month term for up to four terms. A total of $50,000 of the overall amount will be given to Nevada residents. Each Smart […]

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Education Department Derided, Praised for Student Loan Protection ‘Pause’

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education drew both scorn and praise Monday at a public hearing on its plans to revamp two Obama-era rules meant to protect students from shady schools that leave them saddled with debt and no viable way to pay it off. Advocates for student loan borrowers chided the department for […]

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W.Va. College to Remain Open During Appeal

WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia Business College will remain open as a judge’s last-minute reprieve has allowed it while the school appeals state officials’ order to close. The Intelligencer reports the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education ordered the college to close by June 30 after the school lost its accreditation. Ohio […]

For-profit College Settles Over Alleged Deception

BOSTON — The DeVry University chain of for-profit colleges has agreed to a $455,000 settlement over allegations that it misled students in Massachusetts. State Attorney General Maura Healey had accused the Illinois-based chain of using deceptive advertising claims to attract students into online programs between 2011 and 2015. The company has no physical campuses in […]

Merchant Marine Academy Remains on Accreditation Warning

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point remains on warning by its academic accrediting agency even as the school has improved all but one of the five quality benchmarks it failed last year, according to a status update made public Thursday. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education, which initially placed the federal service […]

Foreign-Born Skilled Recruits Could Face Deportation

One thousand foreign-born military recruits are facing deportation under a proposed Pentagon plan to cancel enlistment contracts for those without legal immigration status, reports The Washington Post. A Defense Department memo obtained by The Washington Post highlights potential security threats in the Military Accessions Vital to National Interest (MAVNI) program, which was implemented to accelerate […]

Would Better GI Bill Affect Recruiting?

Changes to the Post-9/11 GI Bill and other education benefits may have little impact on military recruitment and retention, a new study suggests. That’s because many new recruits and service members don’t have a good grasp on how they work, according to a RAND Corporation report evaluating military education benefits. “I think that service members […]

Florida Polytechnic University Receives Accreditation

LAKELAND, Fla. — Florida Polytechnic University is now an accredited institution that can award college and graduate school degrees. The Ledger reports (http://bit.ly/2sc5Kff ) the Lakeland school’s certification was announced Friday by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. Florida Polytechnic was established in 2012 as a school focused on science, technology, […]

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NerdWallet: “Debt Relief” Firms Prey on Students

Fraudulent “debt relief” companies are preying on the most vulnerable of the 44 million people with student loans, as federal officials dispute who’s to blame and what to do, a NerdWallet investigation has found. U.S. enforcement agencies the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission — in recent years have closed only seven […]

States Target Abuses Against Students, Military

Demonstrating the continuing enforcement activity by state attorneys general with respect to student lending and active servicemembers, the AGs in Massachusetts and New York recently obtained consent orders from, respectively, a student loan debt relief company and a residential leasing company. What happened In Massachusetts, Attorney General Maura Healey charged yet another student loan “debt […]

Administration Keeps Obama’s College Scorecard

The Department of Education staff is actively updating data on the College Scorecard, meaning that the initiative is most likely here to stay, reports Inside Higher Ed. The scorecard has been applauded as a sign of higher ed transparency by some, but also criticized by many groups for lacking context and unfairly ranking down schools […]

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House Will Get VA Accountability Bill

WASHINGTON — The House will vote next week on Senate-passed legislation to make firing employees easier for the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs, moving quickly on a long-sought accountability effort urged by President Donald Trump. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told a small group of reporters Wednesday that fixing the VA is a “big focus […]

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