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The nonprofit Legal Insurrection Foundation announced it has filed a legal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights against North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. North Central UniversityNorth Central UniversityThe federal civil rights complaint — pursuant to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights discrimination complaint resolution procedures —…
BorderPass and ApplyBoard have developed new screening platforms to help institutions better understand an applicant’s chances of approval for a study permit before issuing them a Letter of Acceptance including a Provincial Attestation Letter. “[The platform] provides accurate assessments of applicants’ chances for successful immigration and employment outcomes, helping to avoid unnecessary expenses and…
Randy GómezRandy Gómez has been named director of corporate and community relations for the Corporate Learning Partnership Program for Berkeley College in New York. She served as senior director of admissions. Gomez holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing from Berkeley College and a master’s in organizational leadership from Mercy University in New…
In a rapidly changing society riddled with economic uncertainties, demographic shifts, political infighting, declining workforce participation rates, rising inflation, rising attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, and a technological landscape that is evolving rapidly with deeper integrations with artificial intelligence, how is your college or university prepared to meet these challenges facing your faculty,…
The Department of Education is expected to soon finalize Title IX regulations that would make campus disciplinary proceedings involving accusations of sexual misconduct less fair and less accurate. A FIRE poll found three-fourths of Americans think the government should ensure the rights of both the accuser and the accused to a fair hearing. Large majorities of…
At a meeting at Monash University’s city campus in Melbourne, leaders from each organisation pledged to “increase the communication between educational institutes and schools” to boost academic exchange and student mobility. Headquartered in Beijing, CEAIE is a not-for-profit organisation seeking to promote major people-to-people dialogue and exchange between the population in China and the rest of the world. As China…
A class-action lawsuit against Walden University, a private, for-profit, online institution has concluded with the school settling and agreeing to pay the plaintiffs $28.5 million, pending court approval.Dr. Aljanal Carroll In the lawsuit – filed in Maryland in 2022 by national civil rights law firm Relman Colfax and the National Student Legal Defense Network –…
Feezy changes how providers agree commission and secure load pipelines with agents. The granular approach allows institutions to tweak commission terms on a per-place basis, considering variables such as course demand, time of year, tuition fee and percentage commission share and global exchange rates. The platform does not act as an agent or aggregator itself…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A key Texas lawmaker is upping the pressure on state higher education leaders to ensure they comply with a new law eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programming. The state last year passed a law banning…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Institutions will have more time to comply with reporting requirements under the gainful employment and financial value transparency regulations finalized last year, the U.S. Department of Education said Friday. Colleges now have until Oct. 1…