Recent study looks at racial inequality in job quality and education obtainment
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A new study released by Georgetown University in part refutes the notion that African American and Latinx minorities can improve their socioeconomic standing just by going to college. According to the study, between 1991 and 2016, black and Latino Americans increased their likelihood of obtaining and maintaining a good job, but their…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The number of students from China who attend American colleges and universities more than quadrupled over a decade, fueled by an unprecedented boom in Chinese students going overseas for their undergraduate study. But now some colleges that had come to count on the steadily growing stream of full-tuition-paying students from China…
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NPR — Starting early last year, the nation’s most powerful consumer protection agency sent examiners into companies that run student loan call centers to try to fix a troubled loan forgiveness program. But the Department of Education blocked the bureau from getting the information it needed, NPR has learned. The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program is…
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YAHOO NEWS — The idea is simple: Borrowers make payments based on how much money they earn. But these so-called income-driven repayment plans are mind-numbingly complicated. There are four different versions to sort through, all with slightly different rules. They can be tricky to get into and easy to fall out of, yet they’re becoming increasingly…
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PBS — With frustration like the Tomasulos’ compounded by reports of test-takers gaming the system or out-and-out cheating, more and more people seem to agree — including some colleges themselves, and a few elected politicians. This means the SAT and ACT are facing what could be the greatest challenge in their histories, which stretch back to…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — XploreJD uses a proprietary algorithm to evaluate factors such as location and graduation rates outside the realm of rankings, and help aspiring law students find a good fit. The XploreJD website provides a series of questions which can be completed initially in 15 minutes in six areas for students to look at their…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Harvard University’s admissions policies do not discriminate against Asian American applicants. The ruling by Judge Allison Burroughs of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts came in a much-watched case brought by a long-standing critic of affirmative action on behalf of a group of Asian American plaintiffs.
Read More about Judge rules for Harvard University in admissions practice caseNew York Attorney General sues loan servicer over handling of Public Service Loan Forgiveness
MARKETWATCH — The loan servicer handling student-debt forgiveness requests is badly bungling the job and misleading borrowers who deserve a clean slate, New York’s attorney general charged in a lawsuit filed Thursday.Approximately 99% of all Public Service Loan Forgiveness applicants have been rejected and FedLoan’s alleged failures are “a significant contributor to the shockingly high rate…
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WAMU 88.5 — The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program was established under the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007. Since the first borrowers became eligible in 2017, only about 1,200 of the 100,185 applications have been approved. If you are hoping to be approved for PSLF, there are steps you can take…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — U.S. senator Lamar Alexander released a package of bills Thursday that would narrowly update the Higher Education Act, including how financial aid is awarded to low-income students. The 169-page bill fleshes out a proposal Alexander, the chairman of the Senate education committee, outlined last week when he blocked the FUTURE Act from…
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