Once again, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has kicked the hornet’s nest, this time by changing the rules for deciding if a student will be relieved of his or her obligation … Continue reading “The Furor Over Student Loan Forgiveness”
It is very rare for a federal agency to admit having made a mistake and rarer still for the secretary of a cabinet department to announce a U-turn in policy … Continue reading “Secretary DeVos Begins to Rectify the Title IX Mistake”
Student loan debt, now totaling roughly $1.3 trillion, is the second largest source of debt in the United States. This is especially concerning given that there are presently eight million people … Continue reading “Why Colleges Should Be Allowed to Limit Students’ Federal Loans”
That free speech on college campuses is under attack cannot be denied. We find invited speakers being disinvited or shouted down, “bias incident” reporting systems that encourage students to complain … Continue reading “Can the Feds Do Something to Protect Campus Free Speech? Should They?”
The “adjunctification” phenomenon is a familiar concern to most recent Ph.D. graduates, as well as a recurring criticism of perceived trends in faculty employment. One professor recently wrote that it … Continue reading “Are Full-Time Faculty Being Adjunctified? Recent Data Show Otherwise”
During Barack Obama’s administration, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights was staffed with “progressives” who were intent on pushing federal policy in ways that advanced their visions of what … Continue reading “Why the Woman Appointed to a Top Education Department Post Is Under Fire”
Concerns over campus safety—both founded and unfounded—have escalated recently. In North Carolina, for example, sexual assault charges against UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC-Charlotte football players made headlines. And even more high-profile … Continue reading “Universities Are Spending Millions on Ineffective Campus Security Initiatives”
On December 19, the U.S. Department of Education announced that as of the end of the year, it would no longer allow students to use federal aid money at the … Continue reading “No More Federal Student Aid Money for Charlotte School of Law”
The final year of the U.S. Department of Education in the Obama administration is noteworthy for all its carnage. In September, the large ITT Tech chain of schools, which had … Continue reading “The Department of Education De-Accredits an Accreditor”
Now that the election has ended, Donald Trump faces new challenges. He must assemble a team, choose a direction, and begin to govern. During his long campaign, he gave a … Continue reading “Poll: What Should Trump’s Education Department Do to Reform Higher Ed?”