By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Education Department said Thursday that it would carry out part of the Obama administration's 2016 borrower-defense rule, automatically canceling the student loan debt of 15,000 borrowers whose colleges closed between November 2013 and December 2018. More...
Scrutinizing Banks' Deals With Colleges for Student Accounts
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Analysis shows students are charged higher fees on prepaid accounts when colleges are paid to promote the accounts. But report indicates improvements for students after 2015 rule added new protections. More...
New Call for Standardizing Job Placement Rates
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The federal government, states and accreditors should standardize how they calculate job placement numbers for higher ed programs, according to a new report from the Institute for College Access and Success, a progressive group that focuses on affordability and access in higher education. More...
Farm Bill Includes Wins for Colleges
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The $867 billion farm bill passed by Congress this week includes important wins for land-grant institutions, especially historically black colleges. More...
Trump Administration Scrutinizes Fetal Tissue Research
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Science advocacy groups seek to make facts on research clear as Department of Health and Human Services conducts comprehensive review of research following pressure from conservatives. More...
Education Department Changes to TEACH Program
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Department of Education will give teachers another chance to demonstrate their eligibility for the federal TEACH Grant program, according to a report by NPR. More...
Report Examines History of Correspondence Education
By Andrew Kreighbaum. A report released Tuesday by New America finds multiple cycles of federal crackdowns on fraud and abuse after Congress allowed GI Bill benefits and, later, federally guaranteed student loans to be used on correspondence programs. More...
Agencies at Loggerheads Over Gainful-Employment Data
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Gainful employment remains on the books, but Trump administration says it can't enforce the career-education rule because another federal agency won't release data on graduates' earnings. More...
Collapse of For-Profit Chain Long in the Making
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Shutdown of 70-campus Education Corporation of America is largest closure since collapse of Corinthian Colleges and ITT Tech. Now many students will face similar questions over educational futures and debt. More...
Large For-Profit Chain to Close
By Andrew Kreighbaum. One of the country’s largest for-profit college operators on Wednesday announced the closure of all of its campuses and began notifying employees that their positions would be eliminated. More...