Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated PressStudentsNo Average Scores Being Released This Year for New SAT ExamWASHINGTON ― No score results yet, but students didn’t seem to be scared off by the new version of the SAT college entrance exam. The College Board, the nonprofit organization that owns the SAT, said Tuesday that nearly 1.4 million high schoolers took the newly redesigned SAT between March and June of this year. The […]September 27, 2016StudentsACT Scores Show Many Grads not Ready for College-level WorkWASHINGTON ― The latest scores from the ACT college entrance exam suggest many of this year’s high school graduates aren’t ready for college-level course work. In its annual score report released Wednesday, the testing company said only 38 percent of graduating seniors who took the exam hit the college-prepared benchmark in at least three of […]August 24, 2016StudentsBig Accreditor of For-profit Colleges Could Lose AuthorityWASHINGTON ― A vote by an advisory panel to the Education Department could set the nation’s largest accreditor of for-profit colleges firmly on a path to closing its doors, potentially leaving hundreds of thousands of students at risk of losing access to federal financial aid. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, a group […]June 23, 2016African-AmericanSenate Votes to Confirm King to Head Education DepartmentWASHINGTON ― The Senate narrowly voted Monday to confirm John B. King Jr. as the nation’s education secretary. The vote was 49-40. King has served as acting secretary at the Education Department since Arne Duncan stepped down in December. As secretary, King will oversee the department as it puts in place a bipartisan education law […]March 14, 2016StudentsMore Federal Loan Debt Forgiven for Corinthian StudentsWASHINGTON ― The government is erasing the loan debt of more than 7,000 former students of the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges ― totaling over $100 million, but still representing a tiny fraction of a federal debt-forgiveness program that could run well into the billions of dollars. The Education Department announced Thursday that it has approved a […]December 3, 2015HomeCollege Aid: Obama to Extend Pell Grants to Some HS StudentsThousands of low-income students will be eligible for federal Pell grant money to take college courses while still in high school.November 1, 2015StudentsObama Promotes Online Research Tool with College-Specific DataPresident Barack Obama on Saturday debuted a redesigned online tool with college-specific information about student costs, loans and potential earning power.September 13, 2015StudentsGovernment Names Special Master for Corinthian Student DebtThe Education Department appointed a special monitor Thursday to help develop a debt relief program for students who attended the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges ― a debt forgiveness plan that could cost billions of dollars.June 25, 2015HomeCollege Board Says Printing Error Won’t Affect SAT ScoresThe College Board says test booklets for hundreds of thousands of students who took SAT exams last Saturday contained an error but that it won’t affect test scores.June 9, 2015Page 1 of 1
