The head of JFYNetWorks has some thoughts on the buzz surrounding changing college placement standards and particularly the Accuplacer that determines assignment to credit or non-credit courses. Gary Kaplan, executive… Read more »
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Washington’s Wintry Mix of Ed News
DC Shuttle … GAO warns of college debit cards. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report expressing concerns with college student debit cards. “Congress should consider requiring that… Read more »
DC Shuttle: Aiming to Medal in College Ratings, E-Rate, Early Ed
Symposium on college ratings program reveals partially developed structure. The Education Department’s National Center for Education Statistics held a symposium of technical experts in the groups they’re consulting as they…
DC Shuttle: Ed Dept. Delays Tech Symposium on Ratings System
Department of Education delays symposium on college rating system. The Education Department has again rescheduled its “technical symposium” on the administration’s proposed college ratings system. The new date for the…
DC Shuttle: Vermont Racing to the Top
Health and Human Services announces early learning grants. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that six states, including Vermont, would be awarded Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge…
The New Slow
New England will continue to experience a slow jobs recovery through 2017, according to economists speaking last week at the New England Economic Partnership (NEEP) Fall 2013 Economic Outlook Conference… Read more »
The Disease is Poverty, says SVC President Gross on Educating “First-Gens”
Southern Vermont College President Karen Gross, a NEBHE delegate, wrote the following comment to National Journal’s recent Next America forum on educating first-generation college students: Paying attention to improving the… Read more »
DC Shuttle: Among Capital Happenings, Sens Propose Bill to Discourage For-profit’s Predatory Marketing
Bill targets for-profit schools’ funding. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers (POST) Act (S.1659), which would aim to make for-profit colleges and universities…
DC Shuttle: All Shut Down? Not Quite
Shutdown’s limited initial effects of education. The U.S. Department of Education is on partial shutdown, with many employees furloughed, but school districts are functioning in full. The effects of the…
DC Shuttle: Lawmakers Revisit Bank-College Deals
Legislators ask for information on relationship between schools and lenders. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Finance Committee Maxine Waters (D-CA), and Ranking Member of the House…