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Education Dept. 'Not Wedded' to Proposed Higher Ed Rules
Jan 30, 2019
Top agency official walks back controversial proposals to change the definition of regional and national accreditors, eliminate the federal credit hour definition, and reverse state authorization rules for online programs, among others.
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̽»¨Â¥ Call for Public Policy Advisory Group Members
Jan 30, 2019
In an effort to more actively engage members with public policy issues affecting their professions, the students they serve, and higher education as a whole, ̽»¨Â¥ is seeking new members for the Public Policy Advisory Group.
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Survey Finds Slow Growth in Competency-Based Education
Jan 30, 2019
Competency-based education is growing slowly, but there is significant interest in this type of education.
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Colleges Focus on Wrong Numbers in Enrolling Low-Income Students, Study Finds
Jan 30, 2019
New paper questions the idea that colleges should be judged based primarily on the percentage of their students whose families are in the bottom quintile of national earners or who are eligible for the Pell Grant.
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New York Passes Dream Act
Jan 30, 2019
State lawmakers approve bill to offer undocumented students access to state financial aid and scholarships for higher education.
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Education Dept. to Rewrite Overhaul of Borrower Defense Rule
Jan 24, 2019
New proposal will likely drop the most restrictive provisions of an earlier attempt to replace the regulations.
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UNC Affirmative Action Case Heats Up
Jan 24, 2019
The other legal battle over race-conscious admissions policies takes center stage as advocacy group accuses Chapel Hill of giving "significant racial preferences" to underrepresented minority applicants.
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DACA Back on the Table in Plans to End Shutdown
Jan 24, 2019
Senate to vote on President Trump's proposal to spend $5.7 billion on border wall in exchange for temporary protections for certain young immigrants.
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New Data on Gainful Employment Appeals
Jan 24, 2019
The Trump administration, for the first time, reports that it has denied some of the hundreds of appeals submitted by for-profit colleges and other career colleges.
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Supreme Court Takes No Action on DACA
Jan 24, 2019
The move signals that the court is not likely to review the program, leaving in place the Obama-era initiative.
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Republicans Select New House Education Committee Members
Jan 24, 2019
Ranking Member Virginia Foxx announces 10 new Republicans named to serve on the education panel.
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Audit Finds States and VA have Poor Oversight of Programs Receiving GI Benefits
Jan 24, 2019
Due to the lack oversight, $1.54 million in federal tuition and fee payments have gone to "ineligible or potentially ineligible" colleges participating in the Post-9/11 GI Bill Program.
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Federal Rules Panel to Include State Representatives
Jan 24, 2019
State higher education officials will have a position on Accreditation and Innovation Negotiated Rulemaking Committee.
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Negotiators Convene to Rewrite Wide Range of Higher Ed Rules
Jan 17, 2019
In the first day of the rulemaking session, conflicts among the negotiators and with some of the Education Department's proposals arose quickly.
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Democrats Select New House Education Committee Members
Jan 17, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces 14 new Democrats named to the education panel.
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New Report Takes Aim at Online Education
Jan 17, 2019
The report argues that fully online programs widen achievement gaps and often are unaffordable and discourages policymakers from pulling back on federal protections.
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California Governor Unveils State Budget Proposal
Jan 17, 2019
Fiscal blueprint would boost funding for the state's community colleges and two university systems and build a controversial longitudinal data system to track student performance from pre-school to college and beyond.
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Report Finds Selective Institutions Enroll Few Community College Transfers, Study Finds
Jan 17, 2019
The more selective colleges are in admissions, the less likely they are to admit transfer students from community colleges.
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Education Dept. Responds to Inspector General's Report on Western Governors University
Jan 17, 2019
WGU will not have to pay back $713 million in Title IV funds and is eligible to offer federal student aid.
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Study Finds Veterans Underrepresented at Selective Schools
Jan 17, 2019
Just 722 undergraduate veterans were enrolled at the nation's 36 most selective private institutions.