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Performance Funding in Job Training
Two senators and the nonprofit Opportunity Nation want federal job training programs to be more efficient and performance-based, while also seeing expanded role for community colleges.
Higher One Nears Settlement
The controversial provider of debit cards on college campuses says it has reached a preliminary agreement to pay $15 million to settle claims that its fees and marketing practices were predatory.
Election 2013
Colleges celebrate passage of several bond measures. Virginia voters reject gubernatorial candidate who frequently clashed with academe. New York City's new mayor has pledged a focus on CUNY.
In the Dark on Data
Adult students aren't using College Scorecard and other consumer websites as they consider college, and they aren't interested in performance metrics like graduation rates and debt levels.
You've Got Mail
Education Department plans to email 3.5 million borrowers of federal student loans over the next six weeks in effort to boost lagging participation in income-based repayment.
Time to Change the Rules?
Congress starts getting specific about higher education policy changes, with calls for deregulation and the expansion of competency-based education.
Scorecard for Scorecards
Complete College America talks up peformance-based funding at its annual meeting, releasing a report that rates the 16 states that have tried it so far.
'Ideological Exclusion' Again?
Academic and civil liberties groups raise concerns that a prominent British human rights activist may be having difficulties getting a visa to come to the U.S. because of his advocacy activities.