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Feds Roll Out FAFSA Mobile App
Aug 16, 2018
Education Department officials said they hope the mobile technology will broaden access to student aid.
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Education Dept. to Repeal Gainful Employment Rule
Aug 15, 2018
Trump administration officially announces plans to eliminate the controversial Obama-era regulation.
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Updated Guidance on Student Visa Rules Offers Grace Period
Aug 15, 2018
Trump administration issues revised policy memo rolling back earlier guidance that tightened enforcement of visa overstays for foreign students and exchange visitors.
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Common App Launches New Transfer Application
Aug 15, 2018
New application to improve the pathways and outcomes for nontraditional students.
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Report Looks at How Borrowers End Up in Default
Aug 15, 2018
Study finds that borrowers who owe less than $5,000 are more likely than those with higher amounts of debt to default within four years.
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Study Examines Student Loan Borrowers Who Default
Aug 15, 2018
Report finds that while default has negative consequences for borrowers, 7 out of 10 exit default or pay off their loans within five years.
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Colleges and Universities Focus on Transfer Students
Aug 8, 2018
The increased focus on these students comes as undergraduate enrollments continue to decline due to the decreasing number of high school graduates.
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Mixed Results for Dual Credit Courses, Studies Show
Aug 8, 2018
More high school students than ever are getting college credit for their high school classes, but the gains from participation in these classes are moderate.
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Most Transfer Students Leave College Without Two-Year Degree, Report Finds
Aug 8, 2018
Only 60,000 students out of nearly 1.5 million who started their educations at two-year institutions transferred to another college after receiving a certificate or associate's degree.
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Senate Dems Push Back on Affirmative Action
Aug 8, 2018
Lawmakers question the Trump administration's decision to rescind guidance to schools and higher education institutions on affirmative action.
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Common App Drops Criminal History Question
Aug 8, 2018
Individual colleges maintain the right to ask the question on their supplements to the Common Application, just as they have had the ability to not consider the information provided to date.
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Federal Judge Orders Trump to Fully Restore DACA
Aug 7, 2018
The ruling, if allowed to go into effect, would require the administration to begin processing new DACA applications.
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Bipartisan Bill to Help Veterans Get College Credit for Military Training
Aug 6, 2018
Legislation would expand veteran education benefits to include proficiency exam fees and other costs related to documenting skills learned in uniform.
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Education Dept. Announces New Push for Higher Ed Deregulation, Innovation
Aug 1, 2018
Agency seeks to rewrite federal rules governing the role of accreditors in overseeing colleges and universities, the definition of a credit hour, and state authorization, among other things.
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President Signs Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Overhaul
Aug 1, 2018
The legislation is the first major education policy bill to be enacted in the Trump administration.
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DeVos Delays Decision on ACICS
Aug 1, 2018
Education Dept. extends deadline for decision on whether to fully restore federal recognition of the troubled accreditor.
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Trump Administration to Scrap Gainful Employment Rule
Aug 1, 2018
New draft regulation reportedly indicates that the Education Dept. plans to repeal the controversial rule, which seeks to hold colleges accountable for programs whose graduates bear a high level of student loan debt.
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Higher Ed Groups Back Harvard on Race-Conscious Admissions
Aug 1, 2018
̽»¨Â¥ joined 37 other higher education association in an amicus brief for a lawsuit charging Harvard with discrimination against Asian-American applicants.
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Survey Finds Majority of Americans Think Higher Education Moving in Wrong Direction
Aug 1, 2018
Both Democrats and Republicans expressed skepticism about higher education but for different reasons.
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Education Dept. Issues New Borrower-Defense Rule
Jul 26, 2018
Proposal to overhaul the borrower defense to repayment rule would make the loan forgiveness process more restrictive for defrauded borrowers.