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Biden Admin Forgives $6B in Debt for Former Art Institute Students

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The Department of Education will forgive debt for over 300,000 former Art Institute students. The Biden administration announced May 1 that the Department of Education (ED) would automatically forgive all remaining federal student debt for people who attended any Art Institute campus between Jan. 1, 2004, and Oct.

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Watchdog: Colleges Should Improve Outreach to Students With Disabilities

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A watchdog called on the Department of Education to do more to help students with disabilities. million in 2004 to 3.5 Department of Education Needs to Communicate Better ED offers guidance and recommendations for accommodating students with disabilities, but the department isn't always great at communicating changes.

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Closed Colleges: List, Statistics, and Major Closures

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1] Check Nearly 80% of colleges closed between 2004-2020 were for-profit schools. [2] The COVID-19 pandemic brought economic challenges to nearly every industry, including higher education. Boulder, CO: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association & Herndon, VA: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

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How the Supreme Court Could Change College Admissions

Discovery College Consulting

Many legal experts, higher education professionals, and journalists expect that the Court will rule in favor of SFFA, thus overturning more than 40 years of legal precedent that has allowed the use of race in college admissions. Over the next several decades, the practice spread.

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Guest Blog: How You’ll Go to College Helps Decide Where to Go to College

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The College Spy periodically welcomes guest blogs from other experts and thought leaders on topics we believe will be of interest to parents and students on the journey from high school to higher education. times more likely to think their education was worth the cost and 1.8 Mentors are critical too.

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Early Decision is a Racket

Admissions Madness

He writes, “Today’s professional-class madness…that being accepted or rejected from a ‘good’ college is the most consequential fact about one’s education. Less-selective universities have an incentive to give the impression of higher selectivity. Navigating ED practices and options still heavily favors wealthy families in the know.

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Legal Expert Art Coleman Examines the Affirmative Action Ruling

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Art Coleman, one of the nation’s foremost legal experts on affirmative action in higher education, joins EAB’s Tom Cakuls to unpack the recent Supreme Court ruling. Today I have the great privilege of bringing you a conversation with Art Coleman, one of the nation's foremost legal experts on affirmative action in higher education.