Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Report details student loan servicing errors
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Student loan borrowers have experienced billing errors and long waits to get hold of the companies managing their loans since payments restarted in October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a new report released Friday.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges and universities would have to provide information to students who are pregnant about the support available to help them have and parent their baby, under proposed legislation that the House education committee will consider this week.
Read More about House committee to consider bill focused on pregnant students’ rightsUS House investigations of universities mark a new political strategy against higher education
INSIDE HIGHER ED — When a congressional committee announced late last month that it wanted documents and emails that would reveal how Harvard University responded to accusations of plagiarism by its then president Claudine Gay, the demand set off alarms in higher education circles.
Read More about US House investigations of universities mark a new political strategy against higher educationFlorida law restricting recruitment of Chinese students faces backlash
JDJOURNAL — Faculty members at the University of Florida find themselves uncertain after implementing a new law identifying seven “countries of concern,” including China. This development has sparked concerns among professors unsure about offering research positions to students from these nations.
Read More about Florida law restricting recruitment of Chinese students faces backlashA look at student loan forgiveness through one borrower’s story
NPR — Kurt Panton’s laugh, surprising and unguarded, erupts when you expect it — after his baby daughter, Pauline, babbles adorably. But also when you don’t — after he confesses frustration with the federal student loan system.
Read More about A look at student loan forgiveness through one borrower’s storyHow ChatGPT has changed teaching
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — If you’re wondering how generative AI has changed teaching, consider the classroom of Jeanne Law.
Read More about How ChatGPT has changed teachingHow the Israel-Hamas war has affected political tension on college campuses
SPECTRUM NEWS — America’s colleges aspire to be places where ideas meet and common ground emerges. As the death toll rises in the Israel-Hamas war, they have become seats of anguish.
Read More about How the Israel-Hamas war has affected political tension on college campusesProfessors embrace playful approach to higher education
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Lisa Forbes was fed up with expectations that professors should take a rigid approach to teaching. She co-founded Professors at Play, which connects faculty interested in playful pedagogy.
Read More about Professors embrace playful approach to higher educationCenter for Higher Education report looks at the impact of COVID-19 relief grants
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Pandemic relief funds given to higher education from 2020 to 2022 helped keep institutions afloat and, subsequently, students enrolled and supported.
Read More about Center for Higher Education report looks at the impact of COVID-19 relief grantsPodcast: American Council on Education president Ted Mitchell discusses limits on free speech at universities
NPR — NPR’s Steve Inskeep asks the president of the American Council on Education, Ted Mitchell, about rights and limits to free speech on college campuses.
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