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Use COVID-19 relief money to address mental health, Ed Dept urges colleges
Institutions can apply some of the $76 billion earmarked for higher ed to efforts like crisis hotlines and suicide prevention programs, officials say.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • May 19, 2022 -
Ed Dept will continue to waive financial aid verification rules for 2022-23
The agency first relaxed its policies for the 2021-22 enrollment cycle as an acknowledgement of students’ pandemic-induced hardships.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • May 18, 2022 -
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TrendlineArtificial Intelligence
As AI continues its forward march in education and the workplace, colleges are grapplling with how best to incorporate the emerging technology into admissions, courrsework and elsewhere
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A look at 13 years of Title IX policy
As colleges prepare to adhere to new regulations governing the federal sex discrimination law, we look back at major events in recent Title IX history.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated April 22, 2024 -
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Pandemic student loan pause mostly helps borrowers who can afford to pay, report says
Only 5% of borrowers who don't expect to make payments when freeze ends are currently building savings, according to a new Philadelphia Fed survey.
By Natalie Schwartz • May 16, 2022 -
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Financial aid administrators call for student loan system reforms
NASFAA helped develop more than two dozen recommendations on components like loan plan design and servicer oversight.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • May 16, 2022 -
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Permanently expand SNAP benefits to college students, researchers say
Lawmakers broadened eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but those expansions are slated to expire.
By Laura Spitalniak • May 12, 2022 -
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California bill would create revenue-sharing agreement with college athletes
The proposal would apply to public and private institutions. Experts say it represents a significant departure from the NCAA's amateurism model.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • May 12, 2022 -
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White House eyes digital divide with discount for low-income families
Almost 40% of American households will be eligible for subsidies lowering internet costs to no more than $30 a month under the $14.2 billion program.
By Anna Merod • May 11, 2022 -
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Zovio in danger of delisting from Nasdaq
The University of Arizona Global Campus servicer's stock price fell below required levels. It will be removed if it doesn't rebound by the fall.
By Rick Seltzer • May 9, 2022 -
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FAFSA completion falls about 9% from previous year, report says
The drop was driven by a decline in renewals, especially among Pell Grant-eligible students, the National College Attainment Network found.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 28, 2022 -
Education Department plans to issue Title IX proposal in May, not April as expected
Advocates for sexual assault survivors had pressed the agency to speed up its timeline for publishing the highly anticipated draft rule.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 28, 2022 -
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University of Arizona Global Campus regains access to GI Bill benefits
The online college can once again offer military education benefits after they lapsed for about three weeks because of agency delays.
By Natalie Schwartz • April 26, 2022 -
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Ed Dept expands Second Chance Pell program for third time
Addition of 73 colleges means 200 can now participate with grants for students in prison.
By Laura Spitalniak • April 26, 2022 -
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Consumer law watchdog: Transcript withholding can harm college students
The CFPB said it would start looking into academic transcript holds, following a call from Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to end the practice.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 22, 2022 -
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A $400K settlement over misgendering a trans student could foreshadow wave of Title IX clashes
A Shawnee State University faculty member had sued the Ohio public institution over disciplinary action officials took against him.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 21, 2022 -
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Report can't determine why thousands of student loans hadn't been forgiven under Income-Driven Repayment
Just 157 loans were forgiven as Income-Driven Repayment was hurt by communication and data failures, the Government Accountability Office found.
By Rick Seltzer • April 20, 2022 -
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Ed Dept reviews payments for student loan forgiveness to fix 'forbearance steering'
Changes mean 40,000 borrowers will see their loans forgiven and 3.6 million will have past payments count toward debt clearance, officials said Tuesday.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 19, 2022 -
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For-profit coding school BloomTech sued over alleged misrepresented job placement rates
The boot camp, formerly known as Lambda School, has been dogged by allegations it doesn't deliver the education or careers it promises.
By Natalie Schwartz • April 18, 2022 -
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Colleges twist in the wind with foreign gift requirements in limbo
Higher education is struggling to understand its current legal requirements, even as Congress debates changes to those laws.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 14, 2022 -
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How a recent policy shift at the Ed Department could affect for-profits
For-profit colleges worry recent regulatory actions will discourage investment in the sector, but policy advocates want the federal agency to be even stricter.
By Natalie Schwartz • April 13, 2022 -
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Rhode Island bills would tax private colleges' endowments, properties
Municipalities could impose up to a 2% tax on endowments, which would benefit K-12 school districts. Property taxes would go to local general funds.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 11, 2022 -
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OpinionHow merger-curious colleges can find mission-aligned dance partners
College leaders have options for M&A processes meeting their fiduciary duty, writes a partner at a group specializing in complex nonprofit transactions.
By John MacIntosh • April 11, 2022 -
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15 Republican attorneys general urge Ed Dept to halt Title IX rule change
The attorneys general are threatening to take legal action if the Biden administration issues a regulation protecting transgender students.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 7, 2022 -
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Fraudulent student applications targeted Salt Lake Community College
Officials suspect fake applications were an attempt to steal coronavirus relief and financial aid funding. They say they caught on before disbursing money.
By Rick Seltzer • April 4, 2022 -
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OpinionPresident Speaks: I lead a university becoming a polytechnic. It's possible thanks to public investment.
Tom Jackson Jr. discusses how Cal Poly Humboldt is using $458 million to expand its academic offerings and meet the state's STEM shortages.
By Tom Jackson Jr. • April 4, 2022
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