Unpopular federal rules still might have life
Online education policy analysts say a set of federal regulations aimed at web-based college programs, struck down by a U.S. Court of Appeals, could re-emerge in Congress’s debate…
Legislation
Senators go after ‘worthless’ college degrees
Three Democratic senators, including the chamber’s foremost critic of for-profit colleges, are sponsoring a bill that would bar federal student aid from being used in college programs that…
Delaware bans colleges from requiring students’ social media passwords
Should a university be able to edit a student’s Facebook profile or check his private tweets? Absolutely not, said the Delaware state legislature, as it recently passed the…
Romney’s higher ed overhaul in Mass. fizzled
Mitt Romney took over as Massachusetts governor in 2003 with a sweeping plan to overhaul the state's public college system to cut waste, reduce costs and boost efficiency.
Popular video forecasts the end of traditional higher education
In Bill Sams’ future, only the children of the ultra-wealthy will attend on-campus college courses, the student loan industry will collapse, and Google will build an omniscient online…
Small rise in college completion for young adults
The percentage of young adults earning a college degree has increased slightly but still remains far below the level needed to reach the president's goal of having the…
Brief relief, long-term questions on student loans
Congress might have averted a doubling of interest rates on millions of new federal student loans, but the fix is only for a year, leaving students on edge…
Student loan bill gets vote in Congress before deadline
After being derided as a "do-nothing" Congress, the House and Senate were poised to vote on a massive legislative package that overhauls highway and transit programs, salvages an…
Durbin says for-profit colleges “own every lobbyist” in D.C.
On June 27, 20 state attorneys general announced a court settlement with QuinStreet Inc., a marketing company working for for-profit colleges, that will shut down the deceptive website…
For-profit lobbying group questions federal stats after unflattering report
The president of the country’s for-profit college association said school officials have “severe concerns” about an Education Department (ED) report that showed 5 percent of for-profits are in…