Rebecca Natow
Links to Information and Reporting on Biden's New Student Loan Forgiveness/IDR Policies
President Biden will announce today that the administration will forgive $10,000 in student loans (and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients)...
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Rebecca Natow
- Jun 22, 2022
- 1 min
Title IX and Judicial-Like Procedures on College Campuses
Inside Higher Education reports that Title IX regulations have created legalistic procedures on college campuses that have come to...
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Rebecca Natow
- Jun 6, 2022
- 1 min
Tennessee's Effort to Improve Higher Education Enrollments
Student enrollment is on the minds of just about all higher education leaders these days. Inside Higher Education reports that in the...
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Rebecca Natow
- Jun 1, 2022
- 1 min
Department of Education to Forgive Student Loans of Corinthian Colleges' Former Students
There has been a lot of talk about whether and how much student loan debt President Joe Biden might be willing to cancel via executive...
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Rebecca Natow
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
Supreme Court to Hear Case About Race-Conscious College Admissions
The U.S. Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will hear a case regarding race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard University...
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Rebecca Natow
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Higher Education Policy in the News -- 11-22-2021
Here are some interesting news stories about higher education policy: Inside Higher Education: "Stakeholders argue that there are more...
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Rebecca Natow
- Oct 6, 2021
- 1 min
Major Changes Coming to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
The U.S. Department of Education announced this morining that it intends to make changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)...
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Rebecca Natow
- Sep 20, 2021
- 1 min
NIH Revises Extensions Policy for Early Stage Investigators
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has revised its policy against granting extensions to Early Stage Investigators (ESIs) who...
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Rebecca Natow
- Sep 10, 2021
- 1 min
Higher Ed/COVID News -- September 10, 2021
There's a lot of news today about COVID and higher education. Here are some headlines: "How Biden's New Vaccination Policy Affects...
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Rebecca Natow
- Aug 9, 2021
- 1 min
U.S. Department of Education Releases Negotiated Rulemaking Schedule and Topics
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Education released a notice of the schedule and topics of this fall's negotiated rulemaking sessions....
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Rebecca Natow
- Jul 27, 2021
- 1 min
Biden Administration Expresses Support and Commitment for International Education
Yesterday the federal Department of Education and State Department issued a statement of "commitment to international education." The...
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Rebecca Natow
- Jul 20, 2021
- 1 min
Federal Court Rules Vaccine Mandate at Indiana University is Likely Lawful
Inside Higher Education reports that a federal judge in Indiana has denied student-plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction...
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Rebecca Natow
- Jun 21, 2021
- 1 min
U.S. Department of Education to Hold Virtual Public Hearings This Week
This week, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) will hold a series of virtual public hearings ahead of anticipated negotiated rulemaking...
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Rebecca Natow
- May 28, 2021
- 1 min
Federal Stimulus Funding Has Helped to Prevent State Funding Cuts to Higher Education
Inside Higher Education reports that the three federal stimulus bills passed by Congress since Spring 2020 have helped to stave off state...
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Rebecca Natow
- May 6, 2021
- 1 min
Status of Lawsuits Against Colleges Regarding the Online Pivot Due to COVID-19
In 2020, following the massive emergency pivot to online teaching affecting colleges and universities across the U.S. due to COVID-19, a...
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Rebecca Natow
- Apr 28, 2021
- 1 min
Biden's American Families Plan Would Provide Hundreds of Billions in Funding for Higher Ed
President Joe Biden released his American Families Plan legislative proposal this morning. The proposal, coming just before the close of...
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Rebecca Natow
- Apr 26, 2021
- 1 min
Student Privacy and the College Transparency Act in the News
Inside Higher Education reports on the debate about student privacy surrounding the College Transparency Act. This Act would allow the...
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