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Oberlin's board seeks to limit faculty power

Inside Higher Ed

” Asked for specific examples of conversations they stand to be shut out of, faculty members in interviews cited those pertaining to student mental health policies and budget crises, among others. Breaking the Finney Compact.

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Education Department to use secret shoppers to catch colleges lying

Inside Higher Ed

Other efforts include revamping regulations for debt-relief programs, including borrower defense to repayment; re-establishing an enforcement office within the Office of Federal Student Aid; and issuing guidance on how the department will require private nonprofit and for-profit college executives to assume personal liability.