Policy & Legal: Page 138
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Harvard students ask university to sever ties with TFA
Members of the Student Labor Action Movement sent a letter to President Drew Faust demanding the organization provide additional training, among other things.
By Allie Gross • Oct. 6, 2014 -
Admissions group says applicant interest in other colleges is private
The NACAC says the federal government shouldn't let its higher ed members see the list of up to 10 colleges that each student using the FAFSA is interested in and asked to divulge.
By Keith Button • Oct. 6, 2014 -
Florida for-profit college officials indicted
The CEO and three admissions employees of FastTrain College are accused of stealing $6.6 million from the federal government by admitting students without high school diplomas.
By Keith Button • Oct. 3, 2014 -
New York institutions overhauling campus sex assault policies
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing the state's colleges and universities, beginning with the State University of New York, to overhaul their prevention and response policies.
By Keith Button • Oct. 3, 2014 -
Paper suggests fixes for broken Pell Grant system
The report says the Pell Grant system is increasingly less effective and that an overhaul of federal college financing is needed.
By Keith Button • Oct. 3, 2014 -
Audit: Ed Dept too lax with direct assessment program applications
The department reportedly failed to ensure that undeserving programs offering degrees based on direct assessment student evaluations aren't funded with federal aid.
By Keith Button • Oct. 2, 2014 -
U. of California reconsiders out-of-state enrollment push
As in-state enrollment declines, the university system is reviewing whether it has focused too much on non-resident students.
By Keith Button • Oct. 1, 2014 -
24 colleges win $75M in federal grants
The U.S. Department of Education awards are meant to support the institutions' efforts to improve learning and cut costs.
By Keith Button • Oct. 1, 2014 -
Higher ed CIOs: Faculty, student training substandard
The Campus Computing Project's annual survey identified key areas where CIOs see a need for improvement.
By Keith Button • Oct. 1, 2014 -
$450M in federal job training grants will go to 270 community colleges
The grants from the Departments of Education and Labor were announced on Monday.
By Keith Button • Sept. 30, 2014 -
U-Mass Amherst reconsidering student drug informant program
A campus police program that used students as drug informants is under review after a student's death was made public.
By Keith Button • Sept. 30, 2014 -
Massachusetts attorney general sued by for-profit schools
A group representing for-profit career schools says in a lawsuit that the state's new regulations are an undue burden on small businesses and a violation of their First Amendment rights.
By Keith Button • Sept. 29, 2014 -
Justice Department launches Corinthian investigation
At the center of the latest investigation are alleged student attendance and grade record manipulations, lies about funding sources, and job placement rate inflation.
By Keith Button • Sept. 29, 2014 -
Corinthian sale not so easy
The U.S. Department of Education finds itself trying to shore up Corinthian Colleges, for the sake of taxpayers, at the same time it shuts the for-profit education company down.
By Keith Button • Sept. 26, 2014 -
U of North Texas payroll scheme took $75.6M from state
The Lone Star State has been overpaying, possibly since the 1970s, and now it wants its money back.
By Keith Button • Sept. 26, 2014 -
Audit questions $150K spent by San Jose State
A California State University audit uncovered questionable spending on everything from massages and concert tickets to camera equipment.
By Keith Button • Sept. 25, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Where do low-income students stand in public higher ed?
Public higher education hardly got off the hook in a recent New America report criticizing financial aid practices that hurt low-income students.
By Keith Button • Sept. 25, 2014 -
Federal student loan default rate drops
The three-year default rate fell to 13.7% from 14.7% a year earlier.
By Keith Button • Sept. 25, 2014 -
Harvard taps insider to head endowment
Stephen Blyth, who has worked for the university's endowment since 2006, will oversee the $36 billion portfolio.
By Keith Button • Sept. 25, 2014 -
Columbia releases sex assault report
The report shows that, for varying reasons, the 10 rapes reported on campus in the 2013-14 school year have thus far gone unpunished.
By Keith Button • Sept. 24, 2014 -
US Ed Dept student loan default recalculations benefit some institutions
A number of colleges were in danger of losing federal funding under the previous formula.
By Keith Button • Sept. 24, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Are private universities leaving low-income students behind?
A New America report lambastes a number of private higher ed institutions for sacrificing low-income students in their recruitment of high-achieving students with merit aid.
By Keith Button • Sept. 24, 2014 -
Report calls for Federal Work-Study reform
The Gates Foundation-sponsored report from Young Invincibles says the program should be revised to help more low-income students.
By Keith Button • Sept. 23, 2014 -
U. of Southern Maine faces more cuts
Already shuttering three programs, the university may make further program and staff cuts to close another budget gap.
By Keith Button • Sept. 23, 2014 -
U. of Delaware students rally over sexual harassment policy
Students want more transparency from the school after a professor's ousting.
By Keith Button • Sept. 22, 2014
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