3+ week, 2+ day ago  (805+ words) Founded in 2014, fintech College" Ave has student loans for parents, undergraduates and graduate students, with a range of repayment terms, from full principal and interest while studying to no in-school payments. In addition to its lower rates and no co-signing…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (721+ words) More than three in five students consider themselves customers of their institution, according to a new analysis of Inside Higher Ed's Student Voice data. Is that a bad thing? Some 41percent of the Student Voice survey respondents say they see themselves…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (686+ words) California's community colleges have been battling fraudulent students for years, trying to prevent scammers from stealing financial aid money. Recent data shows the colleges' efforts finally may be working. Last spring, Cal Matters reported that colleges were seeing unprecedented reports…...

53+ min ago  (410+ words) Why do public university officials do the things they do? What drives their decisions to allocate scarce resources in some ways and not others? In his recent book The University Unfettered, Ian F. Mc Neely offers a lot of insight into…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago  (870+ words) Cory Doctorow has coined a terrific word and concept: enshittification. Doctorow used it primarily to describe how platform monopolies like Amazon, Google, and Apple begin by being useful to both consumers and advertisers and business partners, then start screwing consumers,…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago  (1562+ words) Godrej Foundation has launched Tomorrow Makers, a national platform to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds across four pathways: STEM, invention and making, arts, and defence. Eligibility: Students from classes 6-12 and graduates C3i Hub, IIT Kanpur, in collaboration with National Forensic Sciences…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago  (134+ words) The scholarships support the next generation of health care professionals and help strengthen the local workforce. Lakewood Health System announces health care workforce scholarships The scholarships support the next generation of health care professionals and help strengthen the local workforce....

13+ hour, 27+ min ago  (564+ words) TOPEKA " Five public universities in Kansas are seeking in-state undergraduate tuition increases ranging from 3. 5% to 6% in the upcoming academic year, while Emporia State University wants to hold tuition steady another year as an incentive to increase enrollment. Campus officials say…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (666+ words) A critical debt deadline has passed " and for legions of borrowers, it could mean the difference between discharged debt and continued, crushing payments. April 15 was the deadline for the Education Department to issue its decision on applications filed by a…...

4+ hour, 46+ min ago  (410+ words) The Trump administration is making good on its promise to return control of education to the states, granting a record 18 Ed-Flex waivers, allowing states discretion in how they use federal funds. The waivers release states from "rigid spending caps" on…...