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    Last week's big number: 2.8%

    A recap of last week's major higher ed news calls attention to public colleges losing net tuition revenue per student.

    By Higher Ed Dive Staff • July 11, 2022
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    Last week's big number: 70 bills to restrict college instruction

    A recap of last week's major higher ed news includes an argument against laws targeting classrooms and shows how much colleges relied on relief funding.

    By Higher Ed Dive Staff • June 13, 2022
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    The Higher Ed Dive Outlook for 2023

    The federal financial aid system’s future, core admissions practices and the higher ed sector’s financial outlook will be shaped by developments that are likely to unfold this year.

    By Higher Ed Dive staff
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    Last week's big quote: 'This is not enough'

    A recap of last week's major higher ed news starts off with a challenge for universities that have links to slavery.

    By Higher Ed Dive Staff • June 6, 2022
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    Biden to cancel Corinthian students' remaining $5.8B in federal loans

    Some 560,000 borrowers will receive discharges under the borrower defense to repayment rule, making it the largest in Ed Dept history.

    By June 1, 2022
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    Last week's big number: 662,000 fewer undergraduates

    A new weekly feature, a recap of last week's major higher ed news, starts off with a stark enrollment statistic.

    By Higher Ed Dive Staff • May 30, 2022
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    Zovio sells tutoring services business for $55M

    The educational services company also said it repaid a $31.5M loan it took out in case it needs to pay for a judgment in a California lawsuit.

    By May 24, 2022
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    Zovio in danger of delisting from Nasdaq

    The University of Arizona Global Campus servicer's stock price fell below required levels. It will be removed if it doesn't rebound by the fall.

    By Rick Seltzer • May 9, 2022
  • Grand Canyon Education reports enrollment challenges with online students

    The service provider is confident that three new certificate programs built with its largest client will be a major draw.

    By May 5, 2022
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    Universal Technical Institute plans $50M acquisition of Concorde Career Colleges

    The deal would add healthcare programs to Universal Technical Institute's transportation-heavy portfolio as it seeks to sharply grow revenue.

    By Rick Seltzer • May 5, 2022
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    This new organization wants to accredit career education

    The Workforce Talent Educators Association will focus its quality assurance on outcomes, says its chief accreditation officer and managing director.

    By Rick Seltzer • March 25, 2022
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    Ed Department warns colleges against misleading veterans

    Officials received complaints including colleges misrepresenting what GI Bill benefits would cover and students not knowing they took out loans.

    By Rick Seltzer • March 16, 2022
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    PepsiCo joins growing slate of Guild Education partners

    The company's new benefit signals moves manufacturers have had to make to keep workers onboard in a tough market.

    By Kathryn Moody • March 15, 2022
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    Gainful employment proposal looks at college vs. high school grads' earnings

    Proposed revisions would attempt to ensure career education graduates can find work and pay off their loans.

    By March 9, 2022
  • Settlement secures $2.1M in student debt relief for former Argosy students

    Attorneys general in 10 states joined the agreement, which cancels student loans that the for-profit chain directly issued to students.

    By March 1, 2022
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    Strayer and Capella universities' parent company seeks growth in corporate education

    Strategic Education executives want the company's tuition benefits platform to drive more enrollment at its two for-profit universities.

    By Feb. 25, 2022
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    Ed Dept erases $415M in student loans, seeks to recoup money from DeVry

    Borrower defense to repayment discharges cover students who attended for-profits including DeVry, Westwood, ITT, and the Minnesota School of Business.

    By Feb. 16, 2022
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    Higher Ed Dive's 2022 Outlooks

    Here are the trends and questions facing higher education that we're watching, from enrollment pressures to key court cases and for-profit colleges' future.

    By Higher Ed Dive Staff • Feb. 8, 2022
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    Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will examine private student lending

    The CFPB will look at practices like colleges restricting enrollment for students behind on loan payments and accelerating payments for those who withdraw.

    By Rick Seltzer • Jan. 20, 2022
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    Good for the planet, good for the bottom line: Advancing green practices in print operations

    While recycled, recyclable and tree-free paper can be meaningful steps toward sustainability, colleges and universities can do more to work to reduce the carbon footprint of their print or mail operations. 

    Jan. 18, 2022
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    American Public Education completes Graduate School USA acquisition

    The government workforce training provider is the second acquisition in about four months for APEI, which cast the deal as diversifying its business lines.

    By Rick Seltzer • Jan. 4, 2022
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    Print, parcel, profits: Exploring new models for savings in higher ed

    Cutting wasteful spend in print and parcel operations could be one of your most profitable upgrades to campus efficiencies and experiences this year.

    Jan. 3, 2022
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    Repurposed real estate emerges as unconventional source of savings, revenue for colleges and universities

    Higher ed leaders are striving to create a profitable future while faced with chronic funding obstacles in today's evolving market. 

    Dec. 20, 2021
  • Judge dismisses Grand Canyon U lawsuit seeking more COVID-19 aid

    The university argued it was entitled to more funds because of its nonprofit status with the IRS, but the Ed Department considers it a for-profit school.

    By Nov. 19, 2021
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    The Ed Dept revived a financial aid investigative unit. Is it open season on for-profit colleges?

    The sector fears it will be unfairly targeted by probes into financial aid abuses. Experts say the division should look into infractions across higher ed.

    By Oct. 21, 2021
  • Higher Learning Commission removes barrier for Walden U sale

    The accreditor dropped its governmental investigation designation for the school after the Justice Department declined to take up a lawsuit against it.

    By Updated May 4, 2021