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Debts Canceled for 317,000 Former Students at Art Institutes

Inside Higher Ed

The Education Department will wipe out $6.1 billion in loans for students who attended any Art Institute campus from 2004 to 2017. The relief comes through the borrower defense to repayment program, which allows students who were misled or defrauded by their institution to seek relief.

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PROOF POINTS: 861 colleges and 9,499 campuses have closed down since 2004 - Jill Barshay, Hechinger Report

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Thirty-five colleges and universities shut down in 2021, a 70 percent decrease from 2016, when a peak of 120 colleges shuttered, according to an analysis of federal data by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO).

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Andrew Zhao, China Education Online

The PIE News

Andrew is the editor-in-chief of the international education section of China Education Online , a government-endorsed news website for Chinese students and their families. UK alumnus I graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2004 with an MBA. What was your first job in international education? I am keen on writing.

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Panelists Debate Solutions for Nigerian Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is little doubt that education will prove crucial to the economic development of Nigeria, a country where 63% of residents live with some form of deprivation. However, exactly what needs to be done for the educational system to reach its full potential is far less certain. Panelists at the 2023 Nigeria Higher Education Forum.

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Kudos to Black/Diverse Issues for Four Decades of Truth, Insight, Vision, and Integrity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It took place in 1984 at a higher education conference at MIT, shortly after they had decided to confront the shortcomings in both the journalistic and academic communities by launching a new publication, Black Issues In Higher Education. My first encounter with Bill Cox and Frank Matthews was quite memorable. Dr. William B.

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The regulation of student education: are the quality wars back?

HEPI

Roger recently wrote for HEPI on neoliberalism in English higher education which you can read here. 2004, 2013, 2018) also drawing on his experience as a senior official at the Competition and Markets Authority’s predecessor, the Office of Fair Trading. He has since written about them (e.g., The new regime soon became controversial.

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Massive data breach reported by Colorado Department of Higher Education

University Business

The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) reported a massive data breach Friday impacting a large group of students and educators dating back to 2004. The investigation revealed that some records were accessed that include names, Social Security numbers, student identification numbers, and/or other education records.