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ELT schools “won’t be affected” by VAT policy

The PIE News

The association’s public affairs team helped send a letter to the office of Sir Keir Starmer asking for ELT schools not to be included with private schools in the introduction of VAT fees. English Language Schools, if not registered as independent schools with the Department of Education, would not be affected,” the reply read.

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Election Results Could Bring About Higher Ed Reforms

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A Republican Congress’s prime educational target might be President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness program, which has attracted close to 26 million applicants so far. I think they could establish a new set of guidelines or procedures that really requires the Department of Education to comply.

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Study Shows that FAFSA Verification Doesn’t Lead to Lower Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“We’re talking about students who have already gone through a bunch of steps and feel like they’ve done what they need to do to prepare for college,” said Dr. Oded Gurantz, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Boulder School of Education. It raises a lot of anxiety and fear because it’s much less publicized.”

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3 Questions to Syracuse’s Chancellor Kent Syverud on Potential ED Changes to the Bundled Services Exemption

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation With all the conversation about the Department of Education (ED) review of the bundled services exemption , I thought it would be instructive to hear from a university leader on the subject. Kent Syverud , Chancellor and President of Syracuse University, graciously agreed to answer my questions.

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DC higher ed associations opt out of debt relief legal fight

Inside Higher Ed

Image: As legal battles have been waged over the Biden administration’s plan to forgive billions in federal student loans, the associations representing colleges and universities have stayed out of the fight. Right now, it is just involving the people who are suing to block it and the Department of Education.

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Republicans take control of House, pledge oversight

Inside Higher Ed

However, higher education lobbyists and policy experts expect to see lawsuits challenging student loan forgiveness from the new GOP majority and stepped-up oversight of the U.S. Department of Education with a goal of setting up the Republican Party to win in 2024.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court dismantled decades of legal precedent in June, ruling against race-conscious college admissions and bringing an end to affirmative action practices in higher education. A benefit to a student who overcame racial discrimination, for example, must be tied to that student’s unique ability to contribute to the university.