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Education Department Releases Average Debt, Earnings of Specific College Programs

The U.S. Department of Education has released information providing the median debt and earnings students graduate with depending both on the institution they attended and the program they graduated from at that school. This is the first time the department has released program-specific data. Before, users who visited the College Scorecard were only able to […]

November 21, 2019

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House Democrats Condemn Changes to Civil Rights Data Collection

Democrats from the House Education and Labor Committee sent a letter to U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to express concerns about new limits on Civil Rights Data Collection. The Department of Education proposed to no longer collect certain data elements, including numbers on students who retake courses, preschool enrollment, students in English language programs categorized […]

November 20, 2019

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Department of Education Will Cancel Loans For Art Institute of Colorado and Illinois Institute of Art Students

The Department of Education will cancel student loans and restore Pell grant eligibility for students who attended the Art Institute of Colorado or the Illinois Institute of Art between January 20, 2018 and December 31, 2018, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced on Friday. It will also extend the closed school discharge lookback period […]

November 8, 2019

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Scholars Address Issues of Mobility in Higher Education

Strategizing around how best to address policy makers on issues of access, student success and the impact of higher education, four prominent scholars gathered at New York University (NYU) on Friday to share their research.

October 27, 2019

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Report Reveals Department of Education Ignored Warnings About Public Service Loan Forgiveness

A new report by the House Committee on Education and Labor shows that the Department of Education disregarded signs that Public Service Loan Forgiveness wasn’t being implemented properly. The report – “Broken Promises: How the Department of Education Failed Its Public Servants” – reveals internal audits in 2016 and 2017 that raised concerns about FedLoan, […]

October 12, 2019

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House Committee Hearing Probes Problems with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

Since the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program began in 2007, 99.6 percent of applications have been denied. In response, Congress passed the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness to broaden the program in 2018. But the low acceptance rate held steady, according to a 2019 Government Accountability Office report.

September 19, 2019

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HBCU Conference Focuses on Building Federal and Local Ties

The first day of the 2019 HBCU Conference focused on building federal and local strategic alliances.

September 9, 2019

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New Department of Education Rule Impacts Defrauded Students

The U.S. Department of Education has released its new Borrower Defense to Repayment rule, designed to give students debt relief in cases where they took out loans to pay for fraudulent schools. The new version, which goes into effect on July 1, 2020, makes it harder for federal student loan borrowers to have their debts forgiven, enforcing stricter criteria.

September 3, 2019

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Vandalism Spurs Investigation at the Department of Education

An investigation is underway at the Department of Education after an employee’s office was vandalized last week. U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos called on Federal Protective Services “for a comprehensive investigation” of “an incident involving an employee’s personal belongings on the third floor,” according to a statement from Department of Education spokesperson Angela Morabito. […]

August 26, 2019

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Rutgers Nursing School Awarded for New Spanish Language Program

Rutgers School of Nursing-Camden has received an award for its certificate in Spanish for its health professions program. The program, developed by the school, is the recipient of the 2018 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Award. The program was developed with funds from a $600,000 grant from the […]

October 23, 2018

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Analysis: ACICS-Accredited College Students Have Negative Outcomes

Students who attend schools approved by the Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) are twice as likely as their counterparts at other schools to end up with unmanageable debt, according to a Veterans Education Success analysis released Friday.  About 70 percent will work jobs that pay no more than those worked by high […]

October 12, 2018

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UHD Receives Nearly $3M for Transfer Student Success

The University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) recently received a $2.748 million Title V grant to support its “Accelerated Transfer Program,” which will provide transfer students with enhanced advising, coaching and clear pathways to complete their bachelor’s degrees. The grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (DHSI) Program will also support UHD’s Accelerated Transfer […]

October 11, 2018