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The Education Department failed to hold Xerox Education Solutions, a company it had contracted to track and service student loans, accountable for fixing persistent problems in its student-debt-management system, the agency’s inspector general said in an audit report released on Thursday.
According to the report, the department failed to ensure that Xerox met milestones for fixing …
As The Washington Post recently pointed out, restaurants across the country face an ongoing problem: they aren’t receiving enough applications to fill vacant positions in their kitchens. Though restaurant-goers may be unaware of this issue, those in the restaurant industry have expressed concern and are looking for support. Private sector institutions are doing their part …
As Democrats on the presidential campaign trail pitch their college affordability plans to voters, they are largely united in their calls for a big boost in federal spending on higher education.
Following a monthslong effort by liberal groups to push “debt-free college” — and after President Obama’s call for free community college earlier this year — …
Employment and unemployment rates, much more than the number of high school graduates or other population trends — which are important over time but very slow moving — are the biggest factors driving enrollment for community colleges, for-profit colleges and some open-access four-year institutions.
Selective public and private colleges can control the size of their incoming …
Some of the student activists who are urging the U.S. Department of Education to grant more sweeping loan forgiveness for debt incurred at the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges campuses are set to receive $4 million to continue to press their case — and possibly haul the department into court over the issue.
A bankruptcy judge on Wednesday …
Joseph Chanlatte’s father was the director of a university when political turmoil forced the family to migrate from Haiti for Brooklyn in the early 1980s. So even though both his parents were college-educated, when it came time for Chanlatte to apply, they weren’t much help with the American education system. On his own, he learned …
Community colleges across Tennessee are starting their academic year with many students who may have never thought they would attend an institution of higher learning, but who are taking advantage of the Tennessee Promise program, which offers them a free two-year college education.
Although official numbers won't be available until after the 14th day of enrollment, …
President Obama signed executive orders (13,563 and 13,610) as part of an effort to “eliminate red tape.” Federal agencies were told to “modify, streamline expand, or repeal” existing regulations. The recent “retrospective reports” from the administration reveal that executive agencies have added more than $14.7 billion in regulatory costs and 13.4 million paperwork hours. Too …
Private colleges and universities continue to raise their tuition discount rates, even as many institutions struggle with decreasing enrollment and declining revenue despite the practice.
A report from the National Association of College and University Business Officers released today reveals that tuition discount rates are at an all-time high and many institutions are using the strategy …
FOR SOME students, college debt can be a disincentive to attend or a crushing burden afterward. For others, many of whom are starting classes now, it is a reasonable investment in a degree that will lead to increased lifetime earnings. As they look for crowd-pleasing solutions to the college debt “crisis,” the Democratic candidates aren’t …