[ad_1] The Office of Federal Student Aid faces a “colossal undertaking” as it prepares to resume student loan payments after an unprecedented three-year pause, and funding constraints could hamper that effort, student loan experts say. Experts and advocates are worried that the agency, without adequate funding, won’t be able to provide the necessary support to …
[ad_1] House Republicans on the Education and Workforce Committee advanced a resolution Wednesday on a party-line vote to overturn President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. The Government Accountability Office said in March that the plan meets the definition of a rule under the Congressional Review Act. Under the act, a simple majority of lawmakers in …
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[ad_1] West Virginia University announced a three-game suspension and $1 million pay cut for men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins yesterday, two days after he repeatedly called members of another team a homophobic slur on a live radio program. As part of his punishment, the Hall of Fame coach will also have his contract amended from a …
[ad_1] The Alaska Legislature on Tuesday rejected one of Governor Mike Dunleavy’s nominees for the University of Alaska’s Board of Regents. The Alaska Beacon said that the rejected person was Bethany Marcum, who is the former head of the Alaska Policy Forum, a nonprofit that promotes conservative policies. Legislators cited Marcum’s support for the governor’s …
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[ad_1] The College Board has confirmed that thousands of students experienced technical difficulties taking the Advanced Placement exam in English last week. The admission comes just day after students attempting to take the exam in Chinese experienced problems that prevented them from logging in. “During the May 3 administration of the AP English Literature and Composition …
[ad_1] American Anthropological Association members will vote this summer on a resolution “to boycott Israeli academic institutions,” after a similar effort failed by just 39 votes in 2016. A group called the Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions says on its website that 206 members of the American Anthropological Association requested a full …
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[ad_1] Key House Democratic leaders are calling again on the Education Department to withdraw 2011 guidance that allowed for revenue-sharing agreements between online program managers and institutions of higher education. On Tuesday, Connecticut representative Rosa DeLauro, ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee; California representative Mark Takano, ranking member on the House Committee on Veterans’ …
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[ad_1] Today on the Academic Minute: Chris Linder, associate professor of higher education and director of the McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the University of Utah, explains why we should focus more on preventing sexual assault than avoiding it. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Former Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder is calling for a state investigation and the firing of Virginia Commonwealth University president Michael Rao amid reports that the VCU Health System paid $73 million to exit a planned Richmond development project, Richmond BizSense reported. “I call for the Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission to conduct an …
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[ad_1] A former president of Kentucky State University broke NCAA rules by directing athletics staff to allow a football player to compete even though he was no longer eligible, the NCAA found Tuesday. In response, the NCAA placed the public, historically Black university on probation for two years and fined it $2,000. Kentucky State, which …
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