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AFT report details impact of blocking student loan forgiveness

[ad_1] The American Federation of Teachers and the Student Borrower Protection Center say in a new report that an effort to block the Biden administration’s debt-relief plan would do far more than just that, throwing “a monkey wrench” in the student loan system and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. The report says the student …

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Commencement advice dispensed to the Class of 2023

[ad_1] This year’s commencement speakers were blunt in describing the country’s bleak state of affairs, but they also shared poignant personal reflections, messages of hope and words of inspiration—none of which were attributed to ChatGPT. Inside Higher Ed reviewed only a small share of the season’s speeches—plenty are still to come, after all—so this sampling …

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New College of Florida faculty censures board

[ad_1] New College of Florida faculty members voted to censure the Board of Trustees this week, accusing them of failing to fulfill their fiduciary duties, The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported. A letter from New College faculty to President Richard Corcoran argued that the board has failed in its fiduciary duties by not “caring for the institution’s …

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Enrollments stabilize but fail to show signs of recovery

[ad_1] After two years of free-falling college and university enrollments, head counts seem to be settling into a slow descent, according to a new report on spring enrollment data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Over all, enrollments declined by 0.5 percent across all higher ed sectors since spring 2022, according to the report. That’s …

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