The LinkedIn page, and X profile, of Florida’s Keiser University reported last month that on September 13 the school “hosted a public policy forum in West Palm Beach featuring discussions on safety and the economy.” But the Facebook page of Florida state Representative and state Senate candidate Randy Fine, a Republican who participated in the
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When a federal trial judge in St. Louis issued an order last week blocking the latest Biden-Harris administration student loan relief plan, the Republican state attorneys general who filed the case gleefully celebrated yet another court victory over Americans struggling to pay their college debts. But those GOP AGs apparently don’t want to discuss the
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New York state trial judge Juan Merchan is scheduled to sentence Donald Trump on September 18, after the former president’s May 30 conviction by a jury of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Judge Merchan could decide to delay the sentence pending legal proceedings regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision
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Last month, 2U declared bankruptcy. The company was once ascendant among online program managers, or OPMs, companies that design and market virtual curricula for colleges while pocketing a significant share of tuition revenue. But enrollment in its programs plummeted for years, spurring the bankruptcy deal that still requires court approval. 2U was aware of its
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Last week, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) took some long-overdue steps toward sharing with the public critical information about its dealings with troubled colleges. One new web page provides details on the Department’s Program Participation Agreements with schools, the contracts that set out the terms for eligibility for federal
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A group of 150 academic experts recently rated Donald Trump the worst president in US history. Why might that be? Here are five reasons: 1. Leadership failures. Trump concealed the dangers of COVID-19 because he was worried about his political popularity. He promoted phony treatments and suggested we inject bleach in our bodies. As a
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A dozen advocacy groups, including the NAACP and the Debt Collective, on Wednesday wrote to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, calling on the Biden Administration to cancel the student loan debt of borrowers who attended the for-profit Brooks Institute, which from 1999 until just before its 2016 closure was owned by for-profit giant Career
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Hollywood, Florida’s City College has suddenly announced it is closing. According to WPLG-10 television, the school, which has offered degrees in health care careers, sent an email to students Monday saying the school will “cease enrollment and teach-out its existing programs.” The email said the school “anticipates” continuing to teach students through the fall and
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