Advice on Navigating Public Service Loan Forgiveness
FORBES – Forgiveness programs for federal student loans always seem to be well-intentioned, but the way they’re rolled out can leave a lot to be desired. When you take a closer look at Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), for example, you’ll find a program with rules so complicated many applicants don’t really understand them.
Read More about Advice on Navigating Public Service Loan ForgivenessSurvey: Americans seeking education after job change prefer non-degree programs
INSIDE HIGHER ED – A quarter of Americans say they would pursue education or training within six months if they lost their job, but most prefer nondegree training over the traditional college route.
Read More about Survey: Americans seeking education after job change prefer non-degree programsUS Department of Education expands foreign gift reporting requirement for colleges
INSIDE HIGHER ED – The Department of Education this week launched a new online reporting system that will require colleges to disclose far more information about gifts and contracts coming from foreign sources than they have in the past. Colleges are required under the Higher Education Act to report foreign gifts and contracts valued at $250,000…
Read More about US Department of Education expands foreign gift reporting requirement for collegesSurvey: Black and Hispanic Americans skeptical of the value of higher education
INSIDE HIGHER ED – Americans are generally positive about the value of higher education, but a new survey finds more skepticism among Black and Latino respondents.
Read More about Survey: Black and Hispanic Americans skeptical of the value of higher educationUS News will rank test-blind colleges and universities
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT – Starting with the upcoming 2021 Best Colleges rankings – to be published in September 2020 – U.S. News will rank schools that report not using the SAT or ACT at all in admissions decisions. In the past, beginning with the 2008 edition of Best Colleges, these test-blind schools were automatically excluded…
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — As protests over the police killing of George Floyd and other Black people, the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, and debates about policing put the spotlight on the country’s struggles with racism, many professors are wondering how to address those events in their classrooms this fall.
Read More about How faculty can address race in the classroomNetflix CEO donates millions to HBCUs and student scholarships
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Reed Hastings, the co-founder and CEO of Netflix, and his wife, Patty Quillin, a philanthropist, are donating $120 million to Spelman College, Morehouse College and the United Negro College Fund. The donation is the largest ever individual contribution to support scholarships at historically black colleges and universities, according to a news release.
Read More about Netflix CEO donates millions to HBCUs and student scholarshipsColleges prepare for student activism this fall
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The coming campus protests will not simply be confined to campus police “reform,” or “bad apples” in our academic communities. Instead, it will be systemic and comprehensive. After they are done with institutional racism as represented by the police, including campus police, who do you think they’ll come for next?
Read More about Colleges prepare for student activism this fallOpinion: Colleges must lead efforts to address racial injustice and foster inclusive campuses
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Many colleges have not meaningfully addressed their own histories of exclusion and must work harder to engage in racial healing, write Adrianna Kezar, Sharon Fries-Britt and Lorelle Espinosa
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges are increasingly observing June 19, the day that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Interest in the holiday has recently spiked in the wake of nationwide protests against police brutality and racism.
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