Dem bill incentivizes in-state tuition rates for immigrants
Democrats introduced a bill Thursday that would give states that allow immigrants to pay in-state tuition more federal financial aid.Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) said the...
View ArticleDems call for reduction in college costs
Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on Congress Tuesday to reduce the cost of college for students.Schatz and Murphy introduced the College Affordability and Innovation Act,...
View ArticleVitter bill ends in-state tuition for immigrants
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) introduced a bill Tuesday that would stop undocumented immigrants from receiving in-state tuition.Some states allow children who were illegally brought to the country by their...
View ArticlePrivate schools: New regs to hurt minorities
A group of private colleges and universities is blasting the Obama administration's effort to tackle burdensome student loan debt, because they say it would force them to turn away low-income students,...
View ArticleLatest accountability move another sign of traditional higher ed's decline
The academic term just completed could turn out to be a watershed in the national movement to increase accountability in American higher education. Over the past school year, roughly 200 American...
View ArticleWhat's love got to do with it?
The Education Trust recently released a report entitled "Tough Love: Bottom-Line Quality Standards for Colleges." The report has three main points:Billions of dollars in federal student aid and tax...
View ArticleGOP blasts Obama college rating system
GOP lawmakers are calling the Department of Education’s plan to rate colleges "unnecessary" and “a fool’s errand.”The Department of Education released a framework Friday for a college rating system of...
View ArticleMinority Serving Institutions left out of community college conversation
The day after President Obama announced his proposal to make two years of community college free across the nation, we received a call at the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) asking...
View ArticleImproving equity in higher-education attainment is imperative
Students from high-income families are considerably more likely than students from low-income families to earn a college degree. As reported in "Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United...
View ArticleSenate Dems call on VA to help student vets at Corinthian colleges
Senate Democrats are calling on the Department of Veteran Affairs to help student veterans navigate the collapse of Corinthian College.The for-profit school closed 28 campuses late last month, leaving...
View ArticleCorinthian students ask court to freeze debts
An ad hoc committee of former Corinthian College students filed a motion Tuesday asking the court handling the school’s bankruptcy case to freeze all efforts to collect student loan debt.The for-profit...
View ArticleStudy: Students at nonprofit colleges have only 50-50 chance of graduating
Students who start at four-year, nonprofit colleges only have about a 50-50 chance of graduating, according to a new report released Wednesday.Third Way, a centrist think tank in Washington, studied...
View ArticleFeds propose rule to help students sue colleges
The Obama administration proposed new rules Monday to strengthen protections for student borrowers and safeguard their right to settle disputes with for-profit colleges in court.Under the Education...
View ArticleCFPB takes action against two for-profit schools
Financial regulators took action against two for-profit colleges on Monday.Bridgepoint Education Inc., which operates as Ashford University and the University of the Rockies, is being forced to forgive...
View ArticleStudy finds enrollment of new international students in US declining
A study finds that the number of new international students enrolling at U.S. colleges and universities has dropped.The number of new students from abroad dropped three percent for the 2016-17 school...
View ArticleGOP higher-ed bill would eliminate Obama rule on career-prep programs
The House GOP bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act would undo an Obama-era rule requiring career preparation programs at for-profit colleges actually prepare students to get jobs with incomes...
View ArticleGOP looks to scrap Obama-era rule on college credit hours
As part of the Higher Education Act reauthorization, House Republicans are taking aim at a Department of Education rule meant to stop colleges from defrauding the federal student aid system. The...
View ArticleHigher ed reform starts with redefining accreditation and debt repayment
Education is about people first and process second. We should be open to process-related innovations whenever they can help people get the education best fitted to them.Which is why we should join the...
View ArticleWe can help more college students graduate — at lower cost
For generations, top colleges and universities in the U.S. have been defined by their selectivity and cost. Colleges climb the U.S. News rankings by turning away more students and spending more money —...
View ArticleFederal aid an overlooked culprit of the college debt trap
An article published in the Washington Post earlier this week by Robert Gebelhoff made some interesting and valid points on the worsening student default situation. Nevertheless, Gebelhoff failed to...
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