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Democrats introduce student loan refinancing bill in Senate. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced a bill, the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act, which would allow former students with high interest rates to refinance their student loans at much lower rates. The legislation aligns with a major Democratic election year interest: college affordability. Democrats are taking on stud...
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House and Senate committees hold hearings on Ed Budget. The House Education and the Workforce Committee held a hearing on the FY 2015 budget request for the Department of Education. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan testified. Education Week reported that lawmakers raised concerns with the admiration's waivers from the requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The Senate H...
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Administration announces grants for aligning education with jobs. The Obama administration announced a new initiative to encourage academic credit for apprenticeships, Inside Higher Ed reported. President Obama announced that 24 awards, totaling $107 million, will be given across the country to partnerships of education agencies, workforce investment boards, universities and corpor...
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House hearing on college access. The House Education and the Workforce Committee held a hearing on access to higher education as part of reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA). Much of the discussion was about how to best measure access and the hearing addressed methods that have been successful at improving access. Some of the discussion suggested that measuring access was n...
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Obama administration proposes new rules on for-profit colleges. The administration proposed new rules to govern for-profit colleges. One rule would limit how much debt students can amass in career-training programs. The proposal is the second attempt by the Obama administration to set "gainful employment" standards. Part of a rule issued in 2011 was struck down in court last year. ...
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Education budget request. President Obama's budget proposal contained many pieces on education. The education portion of the budget request included $300 million in funding for Race to the Top for educational equity. The president called for funding for high-quality preschool. For higher education, the president requested $4 billion in new mandatory spending for competitive grants ...
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Student enrollment projections. The Education Department and the National Center for Education Statistics released new data on student enrollment projections. According to the report, 3 million more people will be enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities in 2022 than were enrolled in 2012,. Inside Higher Ed reports.
Student data privacy. The Education Department's Privacy Techni...
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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 financial firms providing debit and prepaid card services to colleges file their agreements for public review and provide other relevant information," the letter recommends along with other...
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 build the administration's proposed college rating system. While the structure of the rating system is not fully developed, the advisors made clear that the administration was m...
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 daylong, public meeting is this Thursday, Feb. 6.
HEA efforts may not bear fruit in 2014. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, spoke ...
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Democrats introduce student loan refinancing bill in Senate. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced a bill, the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act, which would allow former students with high interest rates to refinance their student loans at much lower rates. The legislation aligns with a major Democratic election year interest: college affordability. Democrats are taking on stud...