Chamber of Commerce lands grant to bolster work-based learning, skill credentialing
[ad_1] Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation received a $1.5 million grant to create more training opportunities for high school students, postsecondary learners and incumbent workers, according to a March 6 announcement. The grant will fund a […]
Education Department will use ‘secret shoppers’ to monitor colleges
[ad_1] Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday it will use secret shoppers to monitor whether colleges are misrepresenting themselves in areas like graduation rates and job placements. Shoppers will be one tool to “evaluate […]
Shuttered for-profit college firm to pay $28M settlement over closures
[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A shuttered for-profit college corporation will pay $28 million to settle allegations it left students in the lurch following its sudden closure. A lawsuit against the Education Corporation of America and its subsidiaries claimed […]
Income-driven repayment regulatory proposal would cost at least $230B, Congressional Budget Office says
[ad_1] Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education’s planned regulatory changes to student loan repayment plans that are income based will cost the federal government at least $230 billion over the next decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has newly estimated. The proposed rule for income-driven repayment, or IDR, would allow borrowers enrolled in these […]
A tale of 3 graduate student unions
[ad_1] Graduate student unions nationwide have been in the spotlight in recent months as some voted to strike, buoyed by a recently successful movement at the University of California system. The UC system’s graduate student and teaching assistant strike, which ended in late December, drew attention for being the largest ever in American higher education. […]