New policies could limit Public Service Loan Forgiveness
FORBES — House Republicans are floating a proposal to limit eligibility for a key federal student loan forgiveness program intended to benefit public service borrowers.
Read More about New policies could limit Public Service Loan ForgivenessCourt challenges and new polices could end or significantly alter federal student loan SAVE program
ABC 7 — If you are one of the 8 million borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, Plan student loan forgiveness program, you could start getting big bills again.
Read More about Court challenges and new polices could end or significantly alter federal student loan SAVE programAccelerated MBA programs become more popular for American students
INSIDE HIGHER ED — When the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management announced in November that it’s launching a one-year master of business administration program next summer, it joined a growing number of business schools responding to prospective students’ worries about the return on investment of a traditional two-year M.B.A.
Read More about Accelerated MBA programs become more popular for American studentsGraduates with MBAs struggle to secure employment
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL — Landing a professional job in the U.S. has become so tough that even Harvard Business School says its M.B.A.s can’t solely rely on the university’s name to open doors anymore.
Read More about Graduates with MBAs struggle to secure employmentBoston University Law professor Jonathan Feingold discusses how DEI initiatives support academic freedom
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Trump is coming for higher education. His congressional allies are already armed with measures like HR 6848, which would ban universities from inviting statements that document a professor’s “past or planned contributions to efforts involving diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
Read More about Boston University Law professor Jonathan Feingold discusses how DEI initiatives support academic freedomOpinion: How to use a collaborative model to help graduate students learn
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Marieke Van Puymbroeck and Jenny Presgraves offer advice for building participation in a professional development program for graduate students and postdocs.
Read More about Opinion: How to use a collaborative model to help graduate students learnUS Supreme Court to review case involving student loan debt
ABA JOURNAL — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear three new cases, including challenges to a federal rule that forgives student debt and to the part of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurance companies to cover some preventive care services.
Read More about US Supreme Court to review case involving student loan debtSome Los Angeles area universities begin semester with remote instruction in response to wildfires
ED SOURCE — Several Los Angeles-area colleges and universities have closed their campuses or otherwise curtailed in-person operations as multiple fast-moving wildfires forced thousands to evacuate, triggered power shutoffs and prompted air quality advisories in the region.
Read More about Some Los Angeles area universities begin semester with remote instruction in response to wildfiresLos Angeles area colleges decide whether to reopen or remain closed in response to wildfires
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Pepperdine University and the University of California, Los Angeles, switched to remote classes this week while others in the L.A. metro area are preparing to resume operations even as the region faces still-burning wildfires that have devastated the region.
Read More about Los Angeles area colleges decide whether to reopen or remain closed in response to wildfiresCalifornia universities suffer losses from recent wildfires
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Although colleges in Los Angeles escaped serious fire damage, leaders say they face a long road ahead as hundreds of students and faculty were displaced.
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