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Bryant and Stratton College looks to become nonprofit – Democrat & Chronicle

December 3, 2020 Jenny

Buffalo-based Bryant and Stratton College is in the process of converting to nonprofit status, according to school representatives and documents filed with the state Department of Education. The change has already been made with the state Board of Regents and the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the school’s accreditor. It is now waiting for More Info »

Alexander Farewell Address: More Than Ever, Our Country Needs the United States Senate to Turn Pluribus Into Unum

December 3, 2020 Jenny

“It doesn’t take a genius to figure out how to gum up the works of a body of one hundred that operates mainly by unanimous consent. Here’s my view: it’s hard to get here, hard to stay here, and while you’re here, you might as well try to accomplish something good for the country. But More Info »

Ashford University’s 2020 Teaching and Learning Conference Examines Critical Issues in Online Higher Education

December 3, 2020 Jenny

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 1, 2020 — Ashford University hosted its sixth annual Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC) More than a Degree: Merging the Classroom and the Real World on November 3-5, 2020. The virtual conference brought together more than 1,500 faculty, staff, students, researchers, and practitioners from across the United States and abroad for discussions More Info »

Attention: HEERF Grant Reporting Contact Information Due to ED Tomorrow – NASFAA

December 3, 2020 Jenny

In a recent email to institutions’ primary IPEDS contacts, the Department of Education (ED) requested that grantee institutions submit contact information for campus officials who should receive an email from ED later in December with login information for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Annual Report Data Collection System. The email asks institutions to More Info »

Secretary DeVos Expands on Revamped College Scorecard, Adding Second-year Post Graduation Earnings and Cumulative Loan Data to Help Students Make Informed Choices

December 3, 2020 Jenny

Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov WASHINGTON — Delivering on her promise to continually update and improve College Scorecard, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today that students can now compare average earnings two years after graduation based on field of study and how much federal student loan debt they can expect to incur, More Info »

Additional News Coverage Regarding Alexander’s Farewell Speech

December 3, 2020 Jenny

Alexander Touts Bipartisan Efforts on Higher Education Bills in Senate Farewell – NASFAA Alexander Calls for Bipartisanship as He Prepares to Leave Senate – Inside Higher Ed In farewell address, Lamar Alexander calls for Senate to come together, work better – Knox News UPDATE: Sen. Lamar Alexander delivers farewell address after 18-year Senate career – More Info »

Regulatory Flexibilities, Addressing the COVID-19 Challenge, and Legislative Updates at FSA Training Conference – NASFAA

December 3, 2020 Jenny

During the second day of Federal Student Aid’s (FSA) annual training conference, Department of Education (ED) officials highlighted regulatory flexibilities in the wake of the coronavirus and efforts to incorporate feedback from stakeholders in the last year, and included a legislative update on congressional action that could impact financial aid professionals. Diane Jones, principal deputy More Info »

Aide to DeVos Outlines Accomplishments – Inside Higher Ed

December 3, 2020 Jenny

Highlighting the Education Department’s accomplishments under the Trump administration, Principal Deputy Under Secretary Diane Auer Jones said the agency had listened to colleges’ call for regulatory relief. “We heard what you’ve said about regulatory burden and we’ve tried to address it,” she said remotely at the Federal Student Aid Training Conference Wednesday. This fall, for More Info »

For-Profit Colleges Brace For The Biden Administration – Forbes

December 3, 2020 Jenny

For-profit colleges are bracing for the policy changes that are likely to come with President-elect Biden’s Department of Education. The for-profit college industry has benefited from an administration that has been sympathetic to their interests for nearly four years. In her time in office, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has rescinded and rewritten regulations from the More Info »

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