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Administration Unveils Draft Plans to Rewrite College Accountability Rules
Jan 13, 2022
Proposals include plans to overhaul the 90-10 rule, gainful employment, and other key higher education policies.
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Elite Colleges Sued Over Financial Aid Practices
Jan 13, 2022
Lawsuit accuses 16 private colleges and universities of violating antitrust laws by conspiring to limit financial aid for admitted students.
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Need-Blind Admissions for International Students
Jan 13, 2022
Dartmouth joins Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, and Amherst in offering need-blind admissions to all undergraduate applicants.
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Admissions Visit Requirements Vary Across Campuses
Jan 13, 2022
Colleges and universities across the country are taking a range of approaches to admissions visits during Omicron.
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Fewer High School Graduates Enrolling in College
Jan 13, 2022
Overall, college enrollment for fall 2021 is 2.6 percent below enrollment in 2020, for a total 5.8 percent drop since 2019, new data show.
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Education Dept. Study Looks at Student Perceptions of College Affordability
Jan 13, 2022
The group most likely to enroll in college were students who believed they could afford college and had at least one parent with a bachelor's or other college degree.
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Re-Enrolling to Finish Degree Increases Income
Jan 13, 2022
Study finds that students who return to college and finish their bachelor's degrees see immediate increases in their annual income after graduation.
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Biden Administration Updates, Extends Flexibilities for International Students
Jan 6, 2022
The State Dept. provides consular offices more flexibility in determining non-immigrant intent for F-1 and M-1 student visa applicants and extends pandemic-related waivers for certain in-person interview requirements.
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HBCUs Receive Bomb Threats
Jan 6, 2022
At least seven historically black colleges and universities reported bomb threats on Tuesday, triggering abrupt evacuations of students and employees.
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New Law Requires CA Institutions to Update Name Changes in Student Records
Jan 6, 2022
Advocates say the new requirement could greatly benefit transgender and gender non-conforming students.
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Pilot Program to Settle Student Debt and Release Stranded Credits
Jan 6, 2022
New program introduced in northeast Ohio will allow students who have stranded credits to settle their bills and have their transcripts released.
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Biden Administration Proposes New Rules to Modernize H-1B Visa Program
Dec 29, 2021
Proposal aims to modernize H-1B requirements and oversight and provide flexibility in the F-1 student visa program.
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Biden Signs Key Veterans Benefits Bill Into Law
Dec 28, 2021
New law extends certain COVID-related flexibilities for veterans education benefits and addresses concerns with legislation passed earlier this year that made sweeping changes to the administration and oversight of GI Bill benefits.
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Democratic AGs File Brief in Legal Fight to Protect DACA
Dec 28, 2021
Two dozen state attorneys general file an amicus brief in support of the DACA program as the federal government defends against Texas' challenge of the policy.
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Colleges Shift Online as Omicron Looms
Dec 28, 2021
A growing number of colleges and universities have announced plans to temporarily pivot online when students return from the winter break in January.
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Cardona Calls on Colleges to Stop Withholding Student Transcripts Over Unpaid Debt
Dec 27, 2021
Education Secretary Cardona says that withholding transcripts from students who owe their colleges money drives inequitable outcomes and calls for changing the widespread practice.
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White House Once Again Extends Pause on Student Loans
Dec 27, 2021
Administration officials extend the pandemic pause on federal student loan and interest payments through May 1 as the Omicron variant threatens to hurt the U.S. economy.
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AACRAO, ACE, CHEA Release Updated Statement on Transfer and Award of Credit
Dec 16, 2021
The revised statement reflects new challenges brought on by the pandemic and outlines sound, equity-minded institutional policies and practices for the award of credit.
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White House Executive Order Seeks to Improve Student Loan Services
Dec 16, 2021
Order outlines a series of new actions to improve customer experience and government services, including interactions involving student loan borrowers.
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Biden Administration to Unveil Title IX Proposals in April
Dec 16, 2021
Proposals aim to rewrite Trump-era rules on sexual misconduct and create new protections for transgender students.