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Charities Getting Funds Left in Student Loan Settlement

DOVER, Del. — A federal judge has agreed that $1.6 million left over from a government settlement with student lending giant Navient Corp. should be distributed to charities. The Justice Department announced last year that nearly 78,000 members of the military would be reimbursed under a $60 million consent decree with Navient, formerly part of […]

December 2, 2016

Graduate Earnings Play Role in College Rankings

PayScale introduced its first college salary report in 2008, and the College Scorecard from the federal government followed last year, ushering an elephant into the hallowed halls of college admissions: What do the schools’ graduates actually earn? Despite the hand-wringing of many in academia, who saw the immeasurable richness of a college education crassly reduced […]

October 21, 2016

What Is Obama’s Legacy in Higher Ed?

President Barack Obama arrived in Washington in 2008 in the midst of one of the nation’s worst financial recessions, with a message of hope and change as an empowering element of advancement for the middle class. Part of that message was an emphasis on higher education reform, with a platform of growing the industry to […]

October 21, 2016

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DeVry Agrees to Drop Job Claim from Ads

DeVry University has agreed to stop advertising a claim about the success of its students that had been challenged by the federal government. The Education Department announced a settlement with DeVry on Thursday after saying the for-profit college chain couldn’t support one of its marquee claims. DeVry had advertised that 90 percent of its graduates […]

October 14, 2016

Why Are Students Still Paying after Corinthian Fraud?

Nearly 80,000 students of defunct for-profit giant Corinthian Colleges are facing some form of debt collection, even though the U.S. Department of Education unearthed enough evidence of fraud to forgive their student loans, according to an investigation by the staff of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Before it shut down last year, Corinthian, which ran Everest […]

September 30, 2016

Report— Shared Governance: Is OK Good Enough?

Shared governance—the principle that acknowledges the final institutional authority of governing boards and distributed authority to the administration and faculty—is a basic tenet in higher education. When working well, it brings a wealth of ideas to critical conversations and creates a sense of inclusiveness that strengthens support for decisions. In a time of serious challenges […]

September 30, 2016

California Legal Analyst: Cut Off Grants for National Guard and Reserve

The Legislative Analyst’s Office is advising the state legislature to not renew a college grant program for California National Guard and State Military Reserve soldiers when it expires in 2019. The LAO report, released Tuesday, said the California Education Assistance Award Program isn’t worth continuing because it has failed to achieve its goal of improving […]

September 29, 2016

What Schools Can Do to Close Civics Gap

You probably didn’t notice, but Sept. 17 was Constitution Day. What is that, you ask? It’s a day that commemorates the signing of the final version of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787, by 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention who created a new U.S. government — about which most Americans know embarrassingly little. […]

September 29, 2016

Senator Warren Proposes Reforms in Accreditation

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced legislation that will reduce student debt by reforming higher education accreditation, according to a Thursday press release. The bill, titled the Accreditation Reform and Enhanced Accountability Act of 2016, will grant the U.S. Department of Education more power to hold accreditors responsible in order to help students access more affordable […]

September 29, 2016

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Clinton Unveils College Calculator Model

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has made reducing the cost of higher education a key plank in her campaign by vying for the Millennial vote as tuition increases can cause concern for students and parents across America. She reinvigorated her efforts on Sept. 12 when she released an interactive calculator that visualizes her college tuition […]

September 29, 2016

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Poll Finds Partisan Split on the Value of Education

A new study from the Pew Research Center shows Democrats and Republicans differ greatly on their perception of the value of higher education in the nation’s positive forward movement. A majority of Republicans (45%) say that higher education has a negative effect on the country, while 72% of Democrats believe colleges and universities have a […]

September 29, 2016

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Accreditors Will Take Hard Line on Graduation Rates

A new initiative from the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions will examine four-year colleges and universities with graduation rates of 25% or lower, and two-year schools with 15% or lower graduation rates, more closely. The plan, which follows the collapse of ITT Tech for its alleged fraudulent recruitment and degree-granting practices, seeks to aid the […]

September 27, 2016

Minnesota Finds 2 Schools Defrauded Students

More than 100 Rochester students may be affected by a state of Minnesota ruling that Minnesota School of Business and Globe University fraudulently marketed and recruited students. The Minnesota Office of Higher Education is moving to revoke the schools’ authorization to operate at its six locations throughout the state after a Hennepin County District Judge […]

September 16, 2016

New Mexico A.G. Urges Feds to Protect ITT Tech Students

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is asking the federal government to protect students in the wake of an announcement by the for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute that it was shutting down its U.S. campuses. Balderas raised his concerns in a letter sent Wednesday to the U.S. Department of Education. He […]

September 9, 2016

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Accreditation: 2016 DEAC Fall Workshop Will Be in Seattle

The 2016 DEAC Fall Workshop will take place October 16-18 at The W Hotel in Seattle. DEAC is pleased to announce that Mr. Jan Friis, Vice President for Government Affairs will deliver a keynote presentation on federal policy developments in higher education with an emphasis on how accreditation is keeping pace with changing demands for […]

September 8, 2016

Documentary Explains Why Future of Public Universities is in Jeopardy

Public universities once flush with state dollars have watched that financial support dry up, while facing pressure from education reform groups bent on reconfiguring their business model. This has led to some epic battles that are chronicled in a new documentary called “Starving the Beast: The Battle to Disrupt and Reform America’s Public Universities.” The […]

September 8, 2016

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SACS: U of L May Have Serious Accreditation Issues

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The University of Louisville, whose governing board has been in limbo for months through a series of executive orders and legal challenges, now has something else to worry about: its status as an accredited university. The president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges says Gov. Matt […]

August 30, 2016

Ruling Clears the Way for Graduate Students to Unionize

Graduate students at private institutions can now form unions, according to a 3-1 decision from the National Labor Relations Board, which redefines working and educational relationships between students and institutions. The United Auto Workers, who petitioned for representation on behalf of graduate assistants at Columbia University, successfully argued that a working relationship with an institution […]

August 25, 2016

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