Wednesday 28 September 2011

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Our Best Weapon Against the College Crisis: A Match.com for Higher Ed

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:19 AM PDT

"As a nation, we need far more students to be caught up in the college admissions market--but in a completely different way," Education Sector Policy Director Kevin Carey writes in The Atlantic. "The...

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Senate Appropriations Committee Passes Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:17 AM PDT

"Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a fiscal year 2012 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill," Jennifer Cohen writes in the New America Foundation's Ed Money Watch blog. "The...

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Georgia: Enrollment Drops at Technical Colleges

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:15 AM PDT

"After three years of record enrollment, the number of students attending Georgia's technical colleges dropped by more than 12,000 this fall and leaders say a reduced HOPE scholarship is partly to...

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New York: 'C' Students Get Aid From One of Their Own

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:14 AM PDT

"In the eyes of W. Hall Wendel Jr., you don't have to be an A-plus student to deserve a college scholarship," the Wall Street Journal reports. "The 68-year-old former chairman and chief executive of...

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Another Change to 'Gainful Employment' Regs

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:13 AM PDT

"The Education Department announced Tuesday that it intends to make the approval process easier for new programs that fall under the department's controversial and oft-debated 'gainful employment'...

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Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Adding New Educational Programs

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:08 AM PDT

In this notice of proposed rulemaking, the Department of Education (ED) proposes to eliminate the notification process for new gainful employment programs by amending the Gainful Employment—New...

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Comment Request: Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program (TEACH Grant Program)Agreement to Serve

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:35 AM PDT

As a condition for receiving a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant, a student must sign an Agreement to Serve. By signing the Agreement to Serve, a TEACH Grant...

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Education Dept. Proposes Narrowing Parts of ‘Gainful Employment’ Regulation

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 09:27 AM PDT

"Saying the intent of its new 'gainful employment' regulation was to take aim at colleges' 'worst-performing programs,' the Department of Education today proposed an easing of the rule: Colleges...

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Schooled in Austerity, Students Reluctantly Borrow

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 08:46 AM PDT

July 18, 2011 - Reuters interviews NASFAA President Justin Draeger about student loans, student debt and student default. "It's kind of like this dichotomy: There's this anecdotal evidence ... that...

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More Default Danger Ahead

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 08:13 AM PDT

July 18, 2011 - Inside Higher Ed reports on a 2011 NASFAA Conference session where members discussed ways to prevent students from defaulting on their student loans. "For student aid administrators,...

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