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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
AACRAO 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.
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New Transfer Agreement Between CA Community Colleges and Private Institutions
Jul 26, 2018
Under the agreement, California community college students pursuing an Associate Degree for Transfer can receive guaranteed acceptance and a more affordable, seamless pathway to 36 private, non-profit four-year colleges and universities in the state.
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House Dems Unveil Alternative HEA Reauthorization Bill
Jul 25, 2018
The Democratic alternative proposes free community college, expansion of student aid programs, and tougher accountability measures.
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State Attorneys General Oppose DeVos' Third Delay of For-Profit Rules
Jul 25, 2018
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia have expressed opposition to Education Department Secretary Betsy DeVos' third delay of disclosure requirements for for-profit schools.
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Education Department to Launch Mobile FAFSA
Jul 25, 2018
Next month, the department will release the beta version of a student aid mobile app that would let financial aid recipients complete the FAFSA application and make loan payments.
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Congress Approves Perkins Career Education Update
Jul 25, 2018
Legislation would allow states to set benchmarks for career and technical education using grants from the $1.2 billion program, a departure from existing law.
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Senate Confirms Trump Nominees for Education Dept.
Jul 19, 2018
Upper chamber approves Scott Stump to lead career and technical education office, Jim Blew to lead planning, evaluation and policy development.
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Senators Push Bill to Lift Ban on Federal Unit-Record Data System
Jul 19, 2018
Legislation would lift a federal ban on tracking individual students through college and into the workforce in an effort to make college completion data and costs more readily available.
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New Guidance on Pattern Evidence in Campus Sexual Misconduct Investigations
Jul 19, 2018
Contradictory research, recent court opinions, and common questions regarding the existence and admission of pattern evidence suggest a need for clearer guidance for the field.
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CFPB Says Education Department is Obstructing Access to Navient Records
Jul 19, 2018
Lawsuit accuses Navient of cheating student loan borrowers.