Report: Colleges Ramp Up Advertising During COVID-19, Especially For-Profits

by Sara Weissman | August 19, 2020 Colleges and universities are spending a lot of money on advertising during the pandemic, parti Read more

Trump Vetoes Move to Ease Loan Forgiveness for Defrauded Students

by Shailaja Neelakantan | May 31, 2020
President Donald Trump late on Friday vetoed a resolution that would have made it easier for st [...] Read more

Amid Pandemic, For-Profit Colleges Look to Increase Enrollments

| April 21, 2020
As the coronavirus has shut college campuses and forced them to provide online instruction, sev [...] Read more

Democratic Senators Say For-Profit Colleges Shouldn’t Get Further Stimulus Aid

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Democratic Senators Dick Durbin and Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday called on Senate leaders to ens [...] Read more

Democrats in Congress Question DeVos on Relief For Defrauded Students

by Sara Weissman | December 12, 2019
Tensions ran high at a House Education and Labor Committee hearing on Thursday, where Democrats [...] Read more

University of Phoenix Agrees to $191 Million Settlement Over Deceptive Ads

by Sara Weissman | December 11, 2019
The University of Phoenix – and its parent company Apollo Education Group – will forgive $1 [...] Read more

New Bill Aims to Stop School Closures

by Sara Weissman | October 3, 2019
On Thursday, Rep. Dr. Donna Shalala, Peter King and Sean Casten introduced the Stop College Clo [...] Read more

Proposed Amendment Scrutinizes For-Profit Schools Targeting Veterans

by Sara Weissman | September 10, 2019
Florida Democrat Rep. Dr. Donna Shalala proposed an amendment to the annual defense spending bi [...] Read more

New Department of Education Rule Impacts Defrauded Students

by Sara Weissman | September 3, 2019
The U.S. Department of Education has released its new Borrower Defense to Repayment rule, desig [...] Read more

Study Finds Wide Institutional Differences in Instructional Spending

| March 28, 2019
Among America’s nearly 5,500 colleges and universities, public schools spend the most on stud [...] Read more

New York Governor Proposes Tighter Regulations for NY’s For-Profit Colleges

| January 16, 2019
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2019-20 budget proposal released this week, includes new reg [...] Read more

Higher Ed Observers Slam Federal Reprieve for For-Profit Accreditor

| November 27, 2018
While a major accreditor of for-profit schools has won a conditional reprieve from Secretary of [...] Read more

Students in Educational Limbo After Sudden Harrison College Closure

| September 18, 2018
College students in three states and five Indiana communities are scrambling to get their educa [...] Read more

Court Rules Against DeVos in Loan Forgiveness Case

| September 14, 2018
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ move to delay Obama-era protections for students de [...] Read more

Rep. Velázquez Urges DeVos To Reverse Student Loan Proposal

by Monica Levitan | August 29, 2018
U.S Representative Nydia M. Velázquez D-N.Y sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Department [...] Read more

Live Panel Discussion Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

October 22, 1 p.m. Eastern Time

The Fight for Tenure: An Uphill Battle for Minoritized Faculty

Recorded on July 1, 2020

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America— What Role Does Higher Education have to play?

Recorded on June 19, 2020

Live Panel Discussion
Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

October 22, 1 p.m.
Eastern Time

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America—
What Role Does Higher Education have to play?