Wednesday, July 16, 2025

The Reality of Higher Ed Fraud in 2025

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" Fraudsters are like cockroaches"-- Anonymous higher education businessman Fraudsters are like cockroaches: persistent, hard to e...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Parent Plus Loan Caps Are New Reality (Jack Wang, Smart College Buyer)

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Big changes are coming to how families pay for college — and some colleges will need to get creative. New Parent PLUS loan caps ($20K/year, ...

Student Loan Thriller "The Payback" On Sale Today

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STELLAR EARLY PRAISE FOR THE PAYBACK “An exciting and hilarious heist novel that centers down-on-their-luck older millennials who are ridd...

How bad actors maintain the silence

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In early 2023, the Higher Education Inquirer received a letter from a prominent law firm representing a for-profit college with a significan...

Borrower Defense Story 3: Modern Indentured Servitude (Feral Woman)

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[Editor's note:  This is the third story in our series on the social and philosophical dimensions of Borrower Defense to Repayment. We h...

FOIA Request Seeks Updated Borrower Defense Data from U.S. Department of Education

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The Higher Education Inquirer has submitted a new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Department of Education seeking upd...

Genio Launches AI Policy Template as Student AI Usage Surges to 92% While Institutional Guidance Lags. Free template addresses critical gap as nine in 10 students worry about breaking AI rules due to unclear institutional policies

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CLEARWATER, FLA, July 15 2025— Genio, a provider of  learning tools  that significantly improve student success, today announced the release...

FOIA Requests Are Foundational to HEI Research

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The Higher Education Inquirer has filed 34 Freedom of Information requests with the US Department of Education over the last two years.  The...

Economic Update: Capitalism and Culture, Their Connection in Crisis Now (Richard Wolff with Henry Giroux)

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On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff provides updates on Medicare advantage and "pre-authorization" as a way...

Who Rules Higher Education in Florida?

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Florida has emerged as a bold experiment in the transformation of American education, a place where the traditional lines between public and...
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Borrower Defense Story 2: Anxiety & Interest (KH)

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[Editor's note: This is the second story in a series about student loan debt and the moral necessity of Borrower Defense to Repayment. T...

Wake Forest and Kaplan: Selling Prestige in a Predatory Credential Market

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Wake Forest University, a private institution with a proud 185-year history, has long marketed itself as a place for ethical leadership and ...

When Technology Can’t Outrun Environmental Collapse: The High Cost of Crypto and Other Energy-Hungry Innovations

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There is a persistent narrative that technology will save humanity from the mounting environmental crises—climate change, resource depletion...

HEI Files FOIA to Expose Delays and Disparities in Borrower Defense Discharges

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The Higher Education Inquirer has submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Department of Education, seeking critica...
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Monday, July 14, 2025

Did Higher Education Ever Have a Soul? A Response to Frank Bruni

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In his New York Times opinion piece, “I’m Watching the Sacrifice of College’s Soul,” Frank Bruni laments the erosion of academic rigor and ...