Financial aid administrators call for student loan system reforms

NASFAA helped develop more than two dozen recommendations on components like loan plan design and servicer oversight.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • May 16, 2022

Permanently expand SNAP benefits to college students, researchers say

Lawmakers broadened eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but those expansions are slated to expire.

By Laura Spitalniak • May 12, 2022

California bill would create revenue-sharing agreement with college athletes

The proposal would apply to public and private institutions. Experts say it represents a significant departure from the NCAA's amateurism model.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • May 12, 2022

White House eyes digital divide with discount for low-income families

Almost 40% of American households will be eligible for subsidies lowering internet costs to no more than $30 a month under the $14.2 billion program. 

By Anna Merod • May 11, 2022

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

FAFSA completion falls about 9% from previous year, report says

The drop was driven by a decline in renewals, especially among Pell Grant-eligible students, the National College Attainment Network found.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 28, 2022

Education Department plans to issue Title IX proposal in May, not April as expected

Advocates for sexual assault survivors had pressed the agency to speed up its timeline for publishing the highly anticipated draft rule.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 28, 2022

University of Arizona Global Campus regains access to GI Bill benefits

The online college can once again offer military education benefits after they lapsed for about three weeks because of agency delays.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 26, 2022

Ed Dept expands Second Chance Pell program for third time

Addition of 73 colleges means 200 can now participate with grants for students in prison.

By Laura Spitalniak • April 26, 2022

Consumer law watchdog: Transcript withholding can harm college students

The CFPB said it would start looking into academic transcript holds, following a call from Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to end the practice.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 22, 2022

A $400K settlement over misgendering a trans student could foreshadow wave of Title IX clashes

A Shawnee State University faculty member had sued the Ohio public institution over disciplinary action officials took against him.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 21, 2022

Report can't determine why thousands of student loans hadn't been forgiven under Income-Driven Repayment

Just 157 loans were forgiven as Income-Driven Repayment was hurt by communication and data failures, the Government Accountability Office found.

By Rick Seltzer • April 20, 2022

Ed Dept reviews payments for student loan forgiveness to fix 'forbearance steering'

Changes mean 40,000 borrowers will see their loans forgiven and 3.6 million will have past payments count toward debt clearance, officials said Tuesday.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 19, 2022

For-profit coding school BloomTech sued over alleged misrepresented job placement rates

The boot camp, formerly known as Lambda School, has been dogged by allegations it doesn't deliver the education or careers it promises.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 18, 2022

Colleges twist in the wind with foreign gift requirements in limbo

Higher education is struggling to understand its current legal requirements, even as Congress debates changes to those laws.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 14, 2022

How a recent policy shift at the Ed Department could affect for-profits

For-profit colleges worry recent regulatory actions will discourage investment in the sector, but policy advocates want the federal agency to be even stricter.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 13, 2022

Rhode Island bills would tax private colleges' endowments, properties

Municipalities could impose up to a 2% tax on endowments, which would benefit K-12 school districts. Property taxes would go to local general funds.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 11, 2022

How merger-curious colleges can find mission-aligned dance partners

College leaders have options for M&A processes meeting their fiduciary duty, writes a partner at a group specializing in complex nonprofit transactions.

By John MacIntosh • April 11, 2022

15 Republican attorneys general urge Ed Dept to halt Title IX rule change

The attorneys general are threatening to take legal action if the Biden administration issues a regulation protecting transgender students.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 7, 2022

Fraudulent student applications targeted Salt Lake Community College

Officials suspect fake applications were an attempt to steal coronavirus relief and financial aid funding. They say they caught on before disbursing money.

By Rick Seltzer • April 4, 2022

Free college didn't die with federal inaction. It moved.

Free college's momentum shifted from the federal level to state and local programs, signaling the movement's durability. How will it change institutions?

By Lilah Burke • April 4, 2022

President Speaks: I lead a university becoming a polytechnic. It's possible thanks to public investment.

Tom Jackson Jr. discusses how Cal Poly Humboldt is using $458 million to expand its academic offerings and meet the state's STEM shortages. 

By Tom Jackson Jr. • April 4, 2022

27 senators call on Cardona to change policies on student debt bankruptcy claims

Too often, borrowers must show "a certainty of hopelessness" to have their loans cleared, the lawmakers argue.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 1, 2022

Jury finds University of Miami professor has no pay bias claim

The female professor said she inadvertently learned that a male co-worker was paid nearly $25,000 more than her.

By Laurel Kalser • March 31, 2022

Groups call for college trustees to learn more about accreditation

"Board members lack a solid understanding of what accreditation is," says a report issued by AGB and CHEA in the face of stress on the system.

By Rick Seltzer • March 30, 2022