Higher Ed Dive

MAY 30, 2023

The agency still needs to work through hundreds of thousands of public comments on the two regulatory plans.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 3, 2023

Image: Individuals who own or run private colleges—for-profit and nonprofit—could be on the hook for the cost of unpaid debts owed to the Education Department if their institution fails to operate in a financially responsible way, according to new guidance from the Education Department.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 22, 2023

Typically the student financial aid form goes live in October every year, but it’s in the process of being simplified.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 14, 2023

The agency said shoppers will evaluate whether institutions are misrepresenting themselves in areas like completion rates and job placements.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Higher education associations, study abroad organizations, colleges and universities, and others are calling on the Department of Education to rescind guidance issued earlier this year that would expand the definition of outside companies that are subject the department’s oversight.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Student Defense argues the department should have cut off student aid for the five institutions, which include the closing Pittsburgh Career Institute.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 17, 2023

The agency also introduced regulatory proposals to collect and publish new data from all colleges, like potential earnings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2023

Department of Education (ED) has released proposed regulations to better protect students from unaffordable debt or insufficient earnings from career training programs and to increase transparency in postsecondary programs.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: The Education Department is planning to increase oversight of the outside contractors that colleges and universities use to help run online programs. OPMs have faced increasing scrutiny in recent years from congressional Democrats and consumer groups , which have criticized the Education Department’s oversight of the industry.

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WCET Frontiers

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Department of Education created its own rumblings by releasing new guidance with rules about any contracted services and a series of questions about companies helping institutions with online learning. Earlier this year, the Department signaled it would hold negotiated rulemaking including “Third-Party Servicers”.

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The PIE News

MAY 25, 2023

Some 153,000 people who initially arrived on study-related visas departed the country in 2022, an increase from 61,000 in 2021. The post Departing students add to UK emigration as dependants double appeared first on The PIE News. Students shouldn’t be included in net migration figures.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 25, 2023

The spending plan would strike down the Biden administration’s program to forgive up to $20,000 of some borrowers’ student loan debt.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

Education Department in federal court Tuesday over guidance it issued in February governing the relationships between colleges and third parties that perform key services for them. The online program management firm 2U sued the U.S. In its complaint, filed in federal district court in Washington, D.C.,

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 26, 2023

In remarks at a conference for accreditors, Assistant Secretary Nasser Paydar also scolded some colleges for "chasing the rankings."

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 17, 2023

Department of Justice Resolves Complaint From Delaware State Scott Jaschik Thu, 05/18/2023 - 12:00 AM

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 4, 2023

Analysts said colleges like Arkansas State University that heavily depend on these vendors would face greater administrative burdens and expenses.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 1, 2023

The recommendation came in a wide-ranging report about how colleges can better support students who were formerly incarcerated.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 9, 2023

The president’s fiscal 2024 blueprint, which would also boost the maximum Pell Grant, has virtually no chance of surviving Congress as drafted.

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MAY 24, 2023

Education Department Issues Recommendations on AI Susan D'Agostino Thu, 05/25/2023 - 12:00 AM

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 3, 2023

The university and its State Agricultural College agreed to improve discrimination response protocols, in a resolution agreement entered into with the Office for Civil Rights on Monday.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A new report calls for gathering deeper information on other admissions factors, too, like institutions’ legacy preferences and early decision programs.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 25, 2023

But this one suggests that gender imbalances in departments exacerbate the issue. Studies have found gender bias before , but the new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes a threat to both male and female faculty members’ futures in departments with lopsided numbers of men and women.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2022

It prepared me to be a very specialized political theorist in a poli sci department of at least a couple dozen people. Instead, I’ve spent most of my career in places where the poli sci department was either one person or two. ”) As a department of one, or part of one, specialization really wasn’t an option.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 8, 2023

Eighteen congressional Democrats are making the call to the agency before the U.S. Supreme Court rules on race-conscious admissions.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 30, 2023

FSA received 90,000 complaints in 2022, many of which related to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness and income-driven repayment programs.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 24, 2023

The Education Department is gearing up for the next round of negotiated rule making, which will touch on a variety of issues , from distance education to accreditation to cash management. The department plans to form at least one rule-making committee, which will begin meeting in fall 2023.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Image: The Education Department is planning to make the process for debt relief easier for borrowers who were misled or manipulated by an institution of higher education. On Monday, the organization questioned whether the department meaningfully considered all the comments submitted. The new rule fails on both counts.”

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: The Education Department is planning to use undercover agents—known as “secret shoppers”—to monitor colleges and universities that receive federal financial aid for potentially deceptive practices. The department’s decision to use secret shoppers is “four decades overdue,” he said.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The agency’s recent rebuke of Troy University signals continued oversight in this area — for which colleges should prepare, experts say.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Department of Education (ED) has launched an initiative to bolster science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education nationally.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

“Departments as such should avoid statements on what we call here ‘external’ matters (state, national, or international policy matters),” the guidelines say. Those in the department with dissenting views should be able to express them in the same forum, the guidance also says. Departments vs. Individuals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 28, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been loaning tens of millions of dollars to rural colleges and universities in order to keep them afloat and running, The Washington Post reported. This support recognizes how important but vulnerable these local schools are to their rural communities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Department of Education (ED) has released a notice of proposed rule-making (NPRM) regarding Title IX athletic eligibility and participation of transgender students in school sports. Department of Education's Proposed Change to its Title IX Regulations on Students' Eligibility for Athletic Teams.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 25, 2023

Republicans raised concerns the agency was “improperly influenced by political considerations” in the case that canceled some $6 billion in student loan debt.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

” Ballmann’s hopeful that the department will pull off an Oct. "The department continues to prioritize ensuring that the millions of students who use the form have a better, simpler experience that will help them apply for aid and get a college education. 1 launch, adding that the office has a lot going on.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 22, 2022

Image: The Department of Education is officially terminating federal recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools after Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten issued a final decision Friday. The department said this is the final decision it will issue regarding ACICS.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Education Department to block it from recouping millions to repay discharged student loans. The department said in August that it would hold DeVry liable for $24 million to cover the cost of the 18,000 borrower-defense claims totaling $71.7 DeVry has disputed the department’s findings that it misled students with its advertising.

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