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11 novembre 2016

Media and Governance

HomeBy Doug Lederman.Do news media corporations actually function with eyes wide open? In today's Academic Minute, Robert Edgell of SUNY Polytechnic Institute examines this question. Read more...

11 novembre 2016

How Obama-Trump Transition Could Affect Higher Ed

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum and Doug Lederman.Donald Trump provided relatively few clues to what he might do as president, but he'll probably try to reverse some of President Obama's priorities, rolling back regulations, creating new political opening for for-profit colleges and curtailing collective bargaining rights. Read more...

11 novembre 2016

Which Groups Are Counted?

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Potential revisions to the OMB's standards for collecting data on race and ethnicity draw interest from medical educators and anthropologists. Read more...

11 novembre 2016

Top Students May Drop Out After Losing Aid

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Students are more likely to drop out of college if they lose even small amounts of financial aid -- regardless of their grade point average -- according to a study from the Education Advisory Board, a research and consulting firm based in Washington. Read more...

11 novembre 2016

Bipartisan Solution

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. The Education Department said Friday it would restore Pell Grant eligibility for students whose education was interrupted by the closure of their institutions. Read more...

11 novembre 2016

Borrower Defense Rules Finalized

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Education Department releases regulations to protect student borrowers against fraudulent and abusive institutions. Although rules are aimed at for-profit colleges, critics say they could have repercussions for all colleges. Read more...

11 novembre 2016

Advocacy Groups Urge Federal Coordination on Student Complaint System

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. More than 50 national and state organizations signed a letter to the White House urging changes to the complaint system for student loan borrowers launched over the summer. Read more...

11 novembre 2016

New Program to Boost Minority-Serving Institutions

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Education Secretary John King announced a new program Monday through the office of Federal Student Aid that will pair loan guarantee agencies with minority-serving institutions to improve graduation, retention and cohort default rates at no cost to those colleges and universities. Read more...

11 novembre 2016

Big Win for Grad Students

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Federal regulators indefinitely stay IRS enforcement ruling that subsidized health insurance plans for graduate students violated provisions of Affordable Care Act. Read more...

11 novembre 2016

Push for Year-Round Pell

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Democrats, higher education groups and consumer advocates renew their push for Congress to restore year-round Pell Grants and strengthen the program during a lame-duck session after the election. Read more...

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