New guidelines could make it easier to discharge student loans in bankruptcy
YAHOO!LIFE — While certain student loan borrowers can use the bankruptcy process to have their loans discharged, the process has been very cumbersome — but this might change thanks to new guidelines.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — It’s hard to believe that ChatGPT appeared on the scene just three months ago, promising to transform how we write. The chatbot, easy to use and trained on vast amounts of digital text, is now pervasive. Higher education, rarely quick about anything, is still trying to comprehend the scope…
Read More about How colleges are responding to the use of ChatGPT by studentsOpinion: Students in graduate programs need access to career mentors
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Collectively, we must move the needle to make career exploration and development an integrated part of the grad student and postdoc experience.
Read More about Opinion: Students in graduate programs need access to career mentorsMore than half of university provosts support long-term contracts as alternative to tenure
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A small majority of provosts (52 percent) would favor a system of long-term contracts over the current tenure system, according to the 2023 Survey of College and University Chief Academic Officers, published today by Inside Higher Ed and Hanover Research.
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HIGHER ED DIVE — For the last few years, state elected officials have begun “intruding” into colleges’ operations and curricula choices, ACE and PEN America argue. Legislators and other state leaders have attempted to clamp down on subjects such as those related to race, gender and LGBTQ issues with restrictions affecting K-12 schools and colleges.
Read More about How universities can preserve academic freedom amid educational censorship billsUS Supreme Court to hear case on proposed federal student loan forgiveness
USA TODAY — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he’s “not confident” how the Supreme Court will rule on his plan to wipe away $400 billion in student loan debt. “I’m confident we’re on the right side of the law,” he told reporters as he was leaving the White House. “But I’m not confident about the outcome…
Read More about US Supreme Court to hear case on proposed federal student loan forgivenessOpinion: How universities can better accommodate students with ADHD
CTV NEWS WINNIPEG — A graduate student from the University of Manitoba is raising awareness about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its impact on graduate students.
Read More about Opinion: How universities can better accommodate students with ADHDUS Supreme Court case challenging federal student loan relief may be determined on standing
INSIDE HIGHER ED — If the parties challenging the plan can’t clear the standing threshold, then the Supreme Court justices shouldn’t consider the other arguments that the debt-relief plan is illegal. But that might not stop the conservative justices from striking down loan forgiveness.
Read More about US Supreme Court case challenging federal student loan relief may be determined on standingUS Department of Education signals that FAFSA applications may be delayed
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The new version of the Free Application of Student Aid might not be ready by Oct. 1, Federal Student Aid officials said Tuesday, though the agency is planning to launch the application in the fourth quarter of this year.
Read More about US Department of Education signals that FAFSA applications may be delayedUS House of Representatives education committee discusses possible expansion of the Pell Grant program
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The first hearing of the new House Committee on Education and the Workforce featured talk about the return on investment of a college education, expanding the Pell Grant to cover short-term programs and the need to provide more access to postsecondary programs.
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