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Richard Cordray speaks into a microphone at a hearing in May 2023.

Republicans Find a Scapegoat for the FAFSA Mess

Calls for the ouster of Richard Cordray, head of the agency that developed and launched the troubled student-aid application, are growing louder. How did he become the conservatives’ culprit of choice?

An illustration of a wave, titled Corrections, threatening to wash over a building titled Financial Aid Office

After the FAFSA Quake, a Flood of Corrections

As delays to the FAFSA rollout piled up, so did an unusual number of errors, both on student forms and in the Education Department’s eligibility calculations.

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Campus Engagement Tip: Investing in Student Leader Training

Texas A&M University at San Antonio requires its peer mentors to participate in over 200 hours of onboarding and professional development of its peer mentors throughout the year.

A group of students in caps and gowns sits in front of a professor at a podium. A blue “Perimeter College” banner is in the background.

Georgia University’s Decision to Close Prison Program Prompts ‘Heartbreak’

Professors and students want Georgia State University to keep its college-in-prison program open. The institution’s leaders say new federal standards make it too costly to do so.

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Traction for the Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree

A group of college leaders strategize about how to design a new undergraduate experience—and get an unexpected boost from an accreditor.

Report: Biden’s New Debt Relief Plan Estimated to Cost $84 Billion

President Biden’s new plan to forgive some or all student loans for 26 million Americans would cost about $84 billion...

Why We Hate to Wait: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Annabelle Roberts, assistant professor of marketing at the McCombs School of Business at the University...

OCR: Hinds Community College Failed to Support Pregnant Student, Violated Title IX

A pregnant student at Hinds Community College in Mississippi was repeatedly denied supports she needed to prepare for and parent...