The Jobs the Pandemic May Devastate
From todays’ New York Times: Projecting how many people will work in hundreds of detailed occupations in 2029 is a bold exercise — even without the uncertainty of the pandemic.…
The Bleak Job Landscape of Adjunctopia for Ph.D.s
From today’s New York Times: The humanities labor market is in crisis. Higher education industry trade publications are full of essays by young Ph.D.s who despair of ever finding a…
CA passes bill allowing college athletes to profit from endorsements
From today’s Los Angeles Times: California became the first state to require major financial reforms in college athletics on Monday after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a measure that…
Federal consumer agency hires exec in complaint-ridden Pa. firm as watchdog
From today’s Philadelphia Inquirer: So far this year, more than 1,000 student borrowers have complained to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in Washington about the practices of an obscure…
Betsy DeVos loses lawsuit after delaying student loan protection rule
From today’s CNN News: A federal judge ruled that the Betsy Devos-led Department of Education improperly delayed implementing a rule to give some student loan borrowers relief. U.S. District Judge Randolph…
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Dept. of Education Proposes to Curtail Debt Relief for Defrauded Students
From today’s New York Times: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposed on Wednesday to curtail Obama administration loan forgiveness rules for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, requiring that student borrowers show they…
Work Productivity: Laptops Are Great. But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting.
From today’s New York Times by Susan Dynarski: Step into any college lecture hall and you are likely to find a sea of students typing away at open, glowing laptops as…
MOOA’s needed to reign costs of bloated college administrations
Benjamin Ginsberg, a political science professor at Johns Hopkins University, has recently proposed an innovative idea for college’s and universities to save money during this austere budget climate. Following the…