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CFPB Crackdown on Loan Servicers
Discover Bank agrees to pay $18.5 million in consumer refunds and penalties to resolve charges of illegal loan servicing, as U.S. consumer protection bureau eyes a broader crackdown on an industry it says is rife with problems.
New Programs: Sociology, Public Health, Film and Media, Electrical Engineering, Biotechnology, Higher Education, Dance, Organizational Leadership, Catholic Education, Forensic Odontology
Borough of Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York is starting an associate of arts in sociology...
Debt Protests Target Aid Officers
On social media and in person, student activists zero in on financial aid administrators' annual conference.
Experimenting With Aid
Education Department moves closer to experimenting with federal aid and accreditation for alternative providers like boot camps and MOOCs, while White House books meeting on expanding space.
How to Outsource
What factors should institutions weigh as they consider outsourcing services?
Boosting Aid
California is investing money in expanding aid programs that benefit its community college students, which could be a sign that free two-year college is a possibility.
$20M to Change College Name
Paul Smith's College proposes to become Joan Weill-Paul Smith’s College in return for a substantial gift. Many students and alumni object.
Opinion
A Step Backward for Students
New federal rules on financial aid disbursement are supposed to protect students and save them money. In some ways it will do the opposite, writes Thomas J. Snyder.