By Lindsay McKenzie. The U.S. Department of Education is contemplating going back to the drawing board on complex rules governing authority to operate online programs in multiple states. More...
29 janvier 2019
29 janvier 2019
A Class Registration Bot Backfires
By Lindsay McKenzie. A student believed he was hacked when all of his classes were mysteriously dropped. But what actually happened is more complicated. More...
29 janvier 2019
‘A Marginally Better Year’ for State Funding
By Greg Toppo. Latest annual survey finds state support for higher education rose 3.7 percent in fiscal year 2018-19, up from just 1.6 percent the previous year. More...
28 janvier 2019
Professor Terminated Over Nazi Salute
By Colleen Flaherty. Housatonic Community College in Connecticut fired a professor who gave administrators a Nazi salute and shouted at them in German to compare them to Nazis, it announced Thursday. More...
28 janvier 2019
Warren Pressures Colleges to Drop Wells Fargo
By Andrew Kreighbaum. In a letter sent to a group of college presidents last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, suggested they re-evaluate their relationships with Wells Fargo, which charges higher average fees to users of consumer-sponsored credit cards than any other company. More...
28 janvier 2019
Rule-Making Panel at Odds Over Adding State AGs
By Andrew Kreighbaum. In the U.S. higher education system, the so-called regulatory triad of the Education Department, accreditors and the states decide what institutions qualify to receive federal student aid. But the department didn’t reserve a seat for states in a negotiated rule-making process that began Tuesday, which could significantly overhaul the rules governing college accreditors. More...
28 janvier 2019
Snow Delays Federal Rule-Making Process
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The first day of the rule-making process the Education Department was set to begin Monday was nixed because of a Washington-area snowstorm. More...
28 janvier 2019
Multiple Warnings, No Action
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. University of Utah student told campus police officers multiple times she was worried about repeated, harassing text messages from ex-boyfriend. More...
28 janvier 2019
Groups Seek to Clarify Foreign Gift Reporting Rules
By Elizabeth Redden. The American Council on Education and five other presidential higher education associations sent a letter to the Department of Education seeking guidance on compliance with Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, which requires institutions to publicly report high-value gifts and contracts from foreign sources. More...
28 janvier 2019
Trump Proposes DACA Deal for a Wall
By Elizabeth Redden. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi described Trump's plan to reopen the government as a "nonstarter," saying it does not provide permanent solution for young immigrants who are protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. More...
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