Signaling its interest in finding ways to better prepare inmates for successful re-entry into society, the Trump administration on Monday held a day-long event at the U.S. Education Department focused on promising practices, as well…
ORLANDO, Fla. – The U.S. Education Department (ED) is encouraging colleges to tap federal assistance that is designed to help students who don’t have a high school diploma or its equivalent. Matthew Dembickiis editor of…
The federal student loan cohort default rate, which determines if a college is eligible to receive federal student aid, is a “poor instrument of accountability,” since it doesn’t include the one-third of borrowers who are…
A bipartisan, bicameral bill aims to restore Pell Grant eligibility to qualifying federal and state inmates, effective for the 2019-2020 academic year. Matthew Dembickiis editor of Community College Daily and serves as publications director for…
Members of a House higher education subcommittee want higher standards and more oversight of for-profit colleges participating in federal student aid programs. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
The Senate education committee is trying to clarify three issues as it looks to address campus sexual assaults through the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA). Matthew Dembickiis editor of Community College Daily and…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) won’t hold off on issuing new higher education regulations while lawmakers negotiate on reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, according to U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Matthew Dembickiis editor of Community…
House lawmakers on Wednesday debated whether another federally funded apprenticeship model — like the one supported by the Trump administration that would allow industry to develop their own programs — is needed, or if the…
House appropriators on both sides of the aisle support extending Pell Grant eligibility to quality short-term programs, but Democrats on a House education funding subcommittee want assurances that unscrupulous colleges won’t exploit the expansion for…
There is strong bipartisan support for reauthorizing the Higher Education Act this year, particularly in the Senate, but there are plenty of policy issues that lawmakers need to work out, according to a U.S. Education…