Sunday, February 25, 2024

Letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Regarding Borrower Defense to Repayment and Gainful Employment Regulation (Michael DiGiacomo)

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Dear Secretary Cardona, Department of Education Staff, and Regulating officials, My name is Michael DiGiacomo. I am a former student and vic...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Trump 2024 and the Student Loan Portfolio

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The US Department of Education (ED) handles the student loans of about 40 million US citizens, holding on to about $1.6 Trillion in debt--wh...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Capital One-Discover Merger: Another Blow to the Educated Underclass

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Capital One and Discover Financial Services have publicly announced plans to merge. The deal worth a reported $35B would give this new ent...
Monday, February 19, 2024

Ambow Education Continues to School Naive Investors

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The Higher Education Inquirer has been tracking Ambow Education (AMBO) for about two years.  Ambow Education is the owner of the NewSchool ...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Massachusetts removes college degree requirements from most state jobs (Bryan Alexander)

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[Editor's note: This article was first published at BryanAlexander.org ] Over the past year at least a dozen American states have taken ...
Friday, February 9, 2024

The Student Loan Mess Updated: Debt as a Form of Social Control and Political Action

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[Editor's note: The FY 2023 FSA Annual Report is here .]  In 2014, the father-son team of Joel Best and Eric Best published The Student...
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Robocollege Update

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  Robocolleges are a mix of for-profit and non-profit online colleges, both secular and Christian.  Their focus is on automation and reduced...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

ED Completes Pre-Acquisition Review for University of Phoenix Deal. University of Idaho Continues Hiding Details of Transaction Fees, 43 Education "High-Risk" Bonds.

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[Editor's note: This article will be updated as we receive more information.] US Department of Education (ED) sources have told the High...
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List (Robert Kelchen)

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[Editor's note: This article first appeared at the Kelchen on Education blog .] As a department head, I typically only teach one class ...
Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Predatory Colleges, Converted To Non-Profit, Are Failing (David Halperin)

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About a dozen years ago, owners of some of the biggest, worst-acting for-profit colleges began concocting, with their eager, high-paid lawy...