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DeVos Bashes Biden's Higher Ed Agenda
Dec 2, 2020
Education Secretary delivers speech criticizing student debt cancellation and tuition-free college proposals, fails to mention the coming loan relief crisis.
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Judge Largely Halts Mass Denials of Borrower Defense Claims
Dec 2, 2020
Education Dept. agrees to stop issuing rejections of student loan forgiveness applications for borrowers covered by a class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's delayed processing of nearly 170,000 borrower defense claims.
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Temporary Pause on Student Loan Bills Amid Uncertainty Over Relief
Dec 2, 2020
Education Dept. recently ordered the companies that collect federal student loans to temporarily postpone sending bills to borrowers amid the looming expiration of student loan relief.
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Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Unveils $908 Billion Coronavirus Package
Dec 2, 2020
The new plan, which will be partially funded by unspent CARES Act money, includes $82 billion for K-12 and postsecondary education, far less than previous proposals.
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AACRAO Opposes Proposed Changes to H-1B Visa Process
Dec 2, 2020
Association joins community comments urging the Trump administration to withdraw its proposed rule on modification of cap-subject H-1B petitions.
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U. of Arizona Reaches Deal for Ashford University
Dec 2, 2020
The for-profit Ashford University will now operate as the University of Arizona Global Campus, an independent nonprofit affiliated with the University of Arizona.
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Decrease in International Students Impacts Economy
Dec 2, 2020
The amount that international students contributed to the U.S. economy in 2019-20 decreased 4.4 percent from the previous year, new report finds.
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Students Request Pass-Fail Options this Fall
Dec 2, 2020
In light of COVID-19 disruptions, students this fall are asking institutions to extend pass-fail grading policies that were offered in the spring. Many colleges have been reluctant to do so.
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AACRAO, Other Groups Urge Biden Team to Undo Trump Actions
Nov 19, 2020
Associations urge the incoming administration to restore DACA, revise new Title IX rules, withdraw rule limiting CARES Act funding, and reinstate Obama-era guidance on the use of race in admissions, among other things.
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Study Abroad to Remain Limited During Pandemic
Nov 19, 2020
Many professionals in the field do not anticipate a return to normal programming until next summer or fall at the earliest.
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Emergency Student Loan Relief Faces Cliff
Nov 18, 2020
Borrower relief measures created in the CARES Act expire on December 31 unless either President Donald Trump or Congress acts to extend them.
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Federal Judge Rules New DACA Restrictions Invalid
Nov 18, 2020
Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf lacked the authority to issue rules limiting DACA applications and renewals because his appointment did not appear to be lawful, judge rules.
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Institute of International Education Reports Enrollment Declines
Nov 18, 2020
Survey finds that new international student enrollments at U.S. universities, online or in person, deceased by 43 percent this year.
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Colleges and Universities Adjust International Student Recruitment Activities
Nov 18, 2020
In light of the ongoing pandemic, institutions are changing how they recruit international students.
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Undergraduate Enrollment Declines Continue
Nov 12, 2020
Latest round of data on fall enrollment shows undergraduate enrollment down 4.4 percent, freshman enrollment down 13 percent, community college enrollment down 18.9 percent.
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U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Harvard's Use of Race in Admissions
Nov 12, 2020
Ruling affirms a lower court decision that Harvard University's admissions process does not discriminate against Asian American applicants, but a Supreme Court appeal is expected.
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AACRAO, Other Groups Oppose New Rule on H1-B Visas
Nov 12, 2020
The Trump administration's new rule would abandon the H1-B visa lottery for salary rankings.
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Lame-Duck Congress Agenda
Nov 12, 2020
Lawmakers return to Washington this week post-election with a number of pressing items on the legislative agenda.
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Biden Administration Plans to Overhaul Higher Ed Policy
Nov 12, 2020
President-elect's agenda includes tuition-free community college, broader debt relief for student loan borrowers, and the reversal of several Trump policies.
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UNC-Chapel Hill Trial on Race in Admissions Begins
Nov 12, 2020
The case highlights the legal questions governing how colleges can and cannot consider race in admissions.