US Department of Education will allow borrowers a second chance to access Public Service Loan Forgiveness
NPR WAMU — The U.S. Department of Education says it will reach out to federal student loan borrowers who may have been prematurely denied loan forgiveness under the revamped Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program and will reprocess their applications. The move comes after an NPR review of borrower documents, as well as information provided by people…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Most colleges and universities are aggressively searching for minority applicants. They want diversity on their campuses. They want students who might have been excluded in the past to feel welcome. All of which raises a question: Are students telling the truth about their race and ethnicity?The website Intelligent recently asked white Americans whether…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — College tuition increased at historically low rates for the second year in a row, a new report from the College Board shows. In fact, after adjusting for inflation, average college tuition actually decreased during the 2021-22 academic year as colleges scrambled to attract and retain students amid steep enrollment declines. Average tuition increased by…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — When student aid was disbursed at the beginning of the fall semester, the financial aid office at the University of Texas at Arlington just couldn’t keep up. Emails and phone calls from students and parents poured into the office. And even though the employees were doing their best, some queries didn’t receive…
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL — American universities and research institutes say the U.S.’s dominance in science and technology could be undermined by toughened U.S. visa requirements that are squeezing the flow of talent from China.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — A growing number of colleges and universities are mandating vaccination against COVID-19 for employees — including undergraduate and graduate student employees — in response to President Biden’s Sept. 9 order mandating vaccination for employees of federal contractors. Although many hundreds of universities voluntarily implemented COVID-19 vaccine mandates for students and/or employees, colleges and universities…
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STAR TRIBUNE — The University of Minnesota announced Monday it will offer free or reduced tuition to many Native American students attending its five campuses starting in fall 2022, expanding a cost waiver program it previously offered only at its Morris campus. U leaders touted the new initiative as one of the nation’s “most comprehensive free and…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — How much do high schoolers care about diversity on their future college campuses? Quite a bit, regardless of their race, according to a new poll by Art & Science Group of 734 high schoolers nationally. The students were selected for the poll because they expect to attend a four-year college next fall. One question…
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FORBES — Over the last 10 months, the Biden administration has announced billions of dollars in student loan cancellation. The administration has relied on executive authority, some of it emergency-based, to expand available relief under existing federal student loan forgiveness programs. According to the Department of Education, these initiatives are expected to provide over $11.5 billion in…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges are more than departments, buildings and classes. They are organizations composed of resources and relationships. Supportive campus relationships yield resources so valuable that we shouldn’t sit back and wait for them to form. By proactively investing in relational scaffolding that directs and supports students as they climb toward their goals, colleges…
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