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Education Dept. Flip Flops on Credit Hour Definition
Mar 14, 2019
Agency revives plan to eliminate or substantially alter the existing federal definition of a credit hour, despite widespread criticism of previous similar proposals.
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Hackers Broke Into Admissions Databases at Three Colleges
Mar 14, 2019
Students received emails offering to provide them with access to their admissions files in exchange for bitcoin.
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White House Holds Meeting on International Students
Mar 14, 2019
Gathering focused on international students' interest and ability to stay and work in the U.S. after graduation.
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Argosy University Closes Campuses
Mar 14, 2019
School had faced several months of financial challenges and, more recently, failed to make financial aid payments to thousands of students.
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Senator Announces Debt-Free College Bill
Mar 14, 2019
Legislation would create a one-to-one federal match for state spending on higher education and use those to fill unmet need for college students.
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White House to Take Executive Action on Higher Ed
Mar 7, 2019
President Trump is reportedly preparing to release executive orders on program-level outcomes data and student loan risk sharing, as well as on free speech.
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Education Dept. Announces New Lead for Federal Student Aid Office
Mar 6, 2019
Mark Brown, a retired Air Force general, will serve as the Chief Operating Officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid.
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Report Finds Positives, Negatives of Online Education
Mar 6, 2019
Online courses without strong support for students—particularly those who are underprepared—can have a negative impact on course outcomes and result in more educational inequalities.
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California Legislators Introduce Bills to Protect For-Profit Students
Mar 6, 2019
As the Trump administration works to roll back Obama-era regulation of for-profit institutions, Democratic lawmakers in California introduce seven bills to protect students against predatory practices.
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Key Senate Democrat Outlines HEA Priorities
Mar 6, 2019
Senator Patty Murray, ranking member of the Senate education committee, outlines her broad goals for overhauling federal higher education policy.
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House Democrats Unveil Legislation to Protect Dreamers
Mar 6, 2019
Lawmakers to introduce an updated version of the DREAM Act with new language providing protections for TPS and DED recipients. Another measure would prohibit institutions from refusing to enroll or grant in-state tuition benefits to undocumented students.
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Legislative Push to Ban College Arbitration Agreements
Mar 6, 2019
Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Maxine Waters reintroduce bicameral bill to prohibit institutions from requiring their students to sign binding arbitration agreements as a condition of enrolling.
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UNC-Chapel Hill Denies Unfair Use of Race in Admissions
Mar 6, 2019
The advocacy group challenging the university’s race-conscious admissions policies "cherry-picked" examples, according to new legal brief.
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Federal Judge Rejects Bid to Dismiss Legal Challenge of Borrower Defense
Mar 6, 2019
Lawsuit accuses Trump administration of illegally delaying decisions of thousands of pending borrower defense to repayment claims.
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Surveys Take Nation's Pulse on Affirmative Action
Feb 28, 2019
Two new survey found that while most Americans support affirmative action for racial minorities in general, a majority opposes race as a consideration in college admissions.
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Federal Judge Rules Against U.S. in Loan Forgiveness Case
Feb 28, 2019
A federal district judge says the Education Dept. must reconsider three cases involving the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
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Advocacy Groups Urge Veterans Affairs to Increase Oversight over GI Benefits
Feb 28, 2019
Veterans groups raise concerns over a recent audit that estimated the department will waste $2.3 billion in the next five years by making improper GI Bill payments.
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Education Dept. Cuts Off Student Aid Funding for Argosy University
Feb 28, 2019
Trump administration revokes Title IV aid eligibility after the financially troubled for-profit chain fails to make payments to thousands of students.
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Purdue University Global Removes Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
Feb 27, 2019
The controversial agreements forfeited certain student rights to sue the institution, banning class-action lawsuits and pushing arbitration, even in fraud cases brought by students.
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House Panel Approves Bill to Expand Campus Voting
Feb 27, 2019
Committee advances legislation that aims to expand access to the ballot box, which contains language meant to make it easier for college students to register and vote.