Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. You can take a college course on just about anything nowadays. There's a class on Kanye West lyrics. And one about the American vacation. More...
By John Warner. As presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton announces her plan to make public college “tuition free” for households with incomes up to $125,000 a year, I think it’s worth remembering that we’ve already lived through an era where college tuition was not quite free, but when cost was neither a barrier to access, nor necessitated the acquisition of considerable debt. Read more...
By Alexander Holt. The Democratic presidential candidate’s new student loan forgiveness proposals are unnecessary and would help wealthy Americans over everyone else, Alexander Holt argues. Read more...
By Jeffrey J. Williams. Contrary to college standing as an open thoroughfare for Americans wanting to improve their lives, it has become a gated toll road primarily available to those from middle-class and upper-class families, argues Jeffrey J. Williams. Read more...
By Doug Lederman. The number of for-profit postsecondary institutions and the number of students they enroll are continuing to wither, according to data released by the U.S. Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics on Thursday. Read more...
By Paul Fain. For-profit colleges and their advocates are aggressively fighting the Obama administration’s proposed rule for federal loan forgiveness, arguing that the regulation is subjective and overly broad, and will “crush” the sector while costing taxpayers many billions of dollars. Read more...
By Paul Fain. The U.S. House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday released a draft funding bill that would block implementation of federal gainful employment rules and would not back the U.S. Senate's attempt to restore year-round Pell Grant eligibility. The bill also includes $33.3 billion for the National Institutes of Health, which is $1.25 billion above this fiscal year's funding level. Read more...
By Paul Fain. The Democratic National Committee last Friday released a draft party platform that included no surprises on higher education. Read more...
By Paul Fain. Students and their families are receiving scholarships and grants to cover more of the price of college, according to the latest installment of an annual survey conducted by Sallie Mae, the student lender. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. A study by the police department at the University of Maryland at College Park has faulted one use of pepper spray at a student party in May, defended another use of pepper spray and suggested that the university police might have avoided the use of pepper spray completely. Read more...
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