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With higher ed in crisis, the lack of financial oversight is glaring

The Hechinger Report

Yvonne Mendez was only six months away from graduating with a registered nursing degree from Anamarc College in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, when the school abruptly closed. Government agencies and accrediting bodies have safeguards to protect students from such abrupt college closures, but the oversight is often weak or too late.

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OPINION: Here’s why a costly college education should not be the only path to career success

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Federal and state governments and postsecondary institutions can and should adopt policies and practices that will help students build career pathways and make alternatives to a college degree more accessible, affordable and practical. Related: The college degree gap between Black and white Americans was always bad.

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Settlement will wipe $6 billion in student loan debt — but not for these borrowers

The Hechinger Report

Last month, when more than 200,000 students who had been victims of misconduct by their colleges began getting the news that their federal student loans were cancelled, Amanda Luciano felt a sense of satisfaction — and a pang of despair. I’m frustrated, because, what can I do? I’m so regretful, every day,” she said. “I

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When universities slap their names on for-profit coding boot camps

The Hechinger Report

When students enroll in a traditional college, they know they are attending an institution that has met certain standards set by the federal and state governments and accrediting agencies. The programs grow but remain unregulated while bearing the crests of the accredited and respected colleges and universities.

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Teacher licensing rules are one reason small schools don’t have enough teachers

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“I went and talked to Maggie, which was probably the hardest conversation because she’s teaching full-time, taking classes, mom of two kids, and I had to tell her [the state is] not going to issue your provisional license and we’re going to take an accreditation ding,” Wilson said. Local News Fellowship.

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How International Rankings are reshaping Indian Higher Education

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Accreditation to be made mandatory for all universities, colleges, says the UGC This is news from a few years ago. A 10-point ambitious growth and reform plan for Indian Universities has been presented at an event in New Delhi to enable them to achieve global rankings. This is from Oct 15, 2019.

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Twilight of income-share agreements to pay for college?

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The number of schools offering ISAs is sliding down the far side of the bell curve as several other accredited colleges or universities have ended or paused their programs. At least eight accredited colleges or universities that once offered ISAs to students have either paused or ended their programs.

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