New FAFSA will debut in December, Education Department says

[ad_1] Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A new, simplified version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, will debut sometime in December, the U.S. Department of Education confirmed Tuesday. Normally, the financial aid form goes live in […]

Calbright doubles enrollment in a year, passes 2,000 student mark

[ad_1] Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Enrollment at Calbright College, in California, surpassed 2,000 students in March, almost double from where it stood a year ago — a significant milestone for an institution that state lawmakers as recently as last year sought to […]

Colleges want to expand continuing education but leave teams understaffed, survey says

[ad_1] Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Continuing and online education programs offered by traditional brick-and-mortar colleges endure staffing issues, high administrative workloads and challenges accessing real-time student data. That’s according to an annual survey from the University Professional and Continuing […]

Bay State College loses appeal on accreditation, which will be stripped this summer

[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Bay State College, a beleaguered for-profit institution in Massachusetts, will officially lose its accreditation this summer after regulators announced Monday they had denied its appeal to keep it. The New England Commission of Higher […]

By The Numbers: What potential budget cuts to Ed Dept would look like

[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A plan by House Republican leaders to trim funding across government agencies would have a “very real and damaging” impact on families, communities and the economy, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has told Committee on Appropriations […]