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Election Results Could Bring About Higher Ed Reforms

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A Republican Congress’s prime educational target might be President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness program, which has attracted close to 26 million applicants so far. I think they could establish a new set of guidelines or procedures that really requires the Department of Education to comply.

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Study Shows that FAFSA Verification Doesn’t Lead to Lower Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has long been considered one of most confusing and frustrating governmental forms, a 108-question gantlet of information on finances and family for students trying to pay for college. It raises a lot of anxiety and fear because it’s much less publicized.”

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DC higher ed associations opt out of debt relief legal fight

Inside Higher Ed

Image: As legal battles have been waged over the Biden administration’s plan to forgive billions in federal student loans, the associations representing colleges and universities have stayed out of the fight. Right now, it is just involving the people who are suing to block it and the Department of Education.

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Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva, Complete College America

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yolanda Watson Spivas 25+ year career in postsecondary education spans a range of executive leadership, general management, federal government, public affairs, operations and academic officer positions. Watson Spiva serves as the President of Complete College America (CCA).

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Republicans take control of House, pledge oversight

Inside Higher Ed

However, higher education lobbyists and policy experts expect to see lawsuits challenging student loan forgiveness from the new GOP majority and stepped-up oversight of the U.S. Department of Education with a goal of setting up the Republican Party to win in 2024.

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

Diploma Mills: How For-profit Colleges Stiffed Students, Taxpayers, and the American Dream. The Road Ahead for America's Colleges & Universities. Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality. Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses. Is College Worth It?: Teachers College Press.

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New Education Department appointees show where agency is headed

University Business

Nicholas Kent, under secretary of education Kent was Virginia’s deputy secretary of education and chief policy officer at Career Education Colleges and Universities , a national trade association. colleges and universities. Wilson also oversaw the state’s college and career readiness initiatives.