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Liberty University Fined $14M for Clery Act Violations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid (FSA) office has imposed a $14 million fine, resulting from a settlement agreement with Liberty University for material and ongoing violations of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, known as the Clery Act.

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Oberlin's board seeks to limit faculty power

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Much about Oberlin College is unique, including long-standing policies guaranteeing the faculty a say in matters that extend well beyond academics. Starting in 2018, for instance, several faculty members said, the faculty helped the college avoid budget-related program cuts via an academic and administrative program review.

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Buckle Up. ED is Off to the Races with It’s NPRM                                  

WCET Frontiers

In that July 17 th blog post, Under Secretary James Kvaal, writing for the Department, reiterated that these proposed rules would “further protect students and taxpayers” and “update and improve outdated processes, consolidate rules, and establish more consumer-friendly policies for students to access the aid to which they are entitled.”

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Regular and Substantive Interaction Update: Where Do We Go from Here?

WCET Frontiers

Our understanding is that “direct instruction” had been interpreted by some institutions and accrediting agencies to encompass both synchronous and asynchronous instruction, so we recommend evaluating your policies as needed. which has been updated to reflect the regulation regarding requirements for regular and substantive interaction.

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Aligning Your Academic Program Portfolio to Student and Labor Market Demand

Helix Education

Market gaps can be identified through study of economic and census data as a means of establishing an understanding of trends and enhanced through direct input from prospective students, parents, policy makers, and employers. Primary market research can be gathered through surveys and focus groups.

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Georgetown University’s Trek to Turn Refugees into Students

WCET Frontiers

We also noted areas to be addressed which included the need to enhance course-specific language learning objectives and outcomes, clarifying policies and requirements for course completion and grading, as well as directions and policies for placement test administration and course placement.

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Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

President Welch emphasized that if you know you’re facing a hard choice, resolve to face it sooner rather than later: “We immediately went to our other six system campuses and said, ‘We're going to begin a very aggressive program review process.’ And I said, ‘No, no, no, no. Bush and George W.