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McHenry County College Awarded $2.25 Million Grant from U.S. Department of Education

The U.S. Department of Education awarded McHenry County College a $2.25 million grant to be dispersed over five years, the Northwest Herald reported. The funding is part of the department’s Title III Strengthening Institutions Program, which aims to boost student engagement, as well as retention and graduation rates. The grant will fund a five-year project […]

October 7, 2019

Latinx

Institutions Stepping Up to Serve Hispanic Students

As colleges and universities work to reach enrollment and college completion goals, increased focus has turned to the Hispanic populations in their communities.

October 2, 2019

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Kentucky Launches New Program For Low-Income Students

The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education is launching a new statewide program to increase the number of low-income students headed to college. GEAR UP or Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs is a federal grant program that offers resources for middle and high schools with high poverty rates to motivate more students to […]

September 25, 2019

Students

Can We Fix How We Judge and Pay for College?

You can get a rating on everything — from an Uber driver to a fast food place. But for a recent college graduate like me, finding out things that matter to us about where to go to school and how to pay for it is getting harder, not easier.

September 23, 2019

Military

Proposed Amendment Scrutinizes For-Profit Schools Targeting Veterans

Florida Democrat Rep. Dr. Donna Shalala proposed an amendment to the annual defense spending bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, which would audit for-profit colleges that enroll veterans while failing to meet Department of Education financial responsibility standards. It would require the secretary of defense to review how much Department of Defense Tuition Assistance a for-profit receives and to publish the results online.

September 10, 2019

Military

Some Disabled Vets to Get Automatic Student Loan Debt Forgiveness

President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday signed a presidential memorandum intended to streamline the process of erasing federal student loan debt for totally and permanently disabled veterans. Through a process called Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) Discharge, veterans will now have their student loan debt discharged unless they decide to opt out of the process. […]

August 21, 2019

MSIs

King: New Face at the US Education Department

The U.S. Senate recently con­firmed Robert “Bob” King as assistant secretary for postsecondary education after his nomination in February by President Trump. The impact King’s appointment will have on diversity in higher education remains an open question. However, his tenure as president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education might offer some clues, some say.

August 12, 2019

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Senate Confirms Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Bob King to serve as the Department’s Assistant Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary Education. “We are excited to finally have Bob King confirmed by the Senate,” said education secretary Betsy DeVos. “His knowledge and expertise will be a tremendous asset as we continue to rethink higher education in order […]

July 12, 2019

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Schools Can Drop Rescinded Gainful-Employment Rules Early

Dr. Charlie Eaton at the University of California – Merced and Dr. Marybeth Gasman at the University of Pennsylvania were decrying intimations by the Department of Education that it intended to rescind “gainful employment” rules written to protect post-secondary students from institutions with predatory recruiting practices, subpar graduation rates, meager earnings for graduates and high levels of student loan debt.

July 8, 2019

STEM

Meeting of HBCU Groups Explores Opportunities

Opportunity zones and STEM opportunities were among key topics discussed Thursday at a meeting of the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

June 13, 2019

Students

Doing Better By Students When a College Closes

Although college closures are not common occurrences, numerous factors suggest a continuing uptick, so higher education institutions, accreditors and the government are wise to work together on reforms that protect students when such crises occur. That was the consensus of speakers Tuesday at “School’s Out Forever: Reforming the College Closure Process,” an event hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center.

April 23, 2019

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Inmate Education Success Stories Shared at Department Convening

The U.S. Department of Education, which under the Trump administration has advocated transferring more power to states on various reform issues, hosted a convening Monday at which state and local leaders shared success stories about initiatives to educate inmates.

April 22, 2019