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    Jimmy Carter, who oversaw the Education Department’s creation, dies at age 100

    Jimmy Carter, who oversaw the Education Department’s creation, dies at age 100

    "Our ability to advance both economically and technologically, our country's entire intellectual and cultural life depend on the success of our great educational enterprise," Carter said in the 1979 speech, according to The American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara.


    Ed Department changes reporting requirements for online colleges

    Ed Department changes reporting requirements for online colleges

    An August survey of chief online learning officers found that two-thirds wanted to create virtual versions of classes and programs their colleges offered on campus.


    Trump wants to nix the Education Department. He should rebrand it instead.

    Trump wants to nix the Education Department. He should rebrand it instead.

    This blueprint of leaving the fundamentals of curriculum development to the states while providing best practices and tools and targeting funding to achieve big national goals is exactly what we need going forward.


    Short-term Pell pilot boosted enrollment but not earnings

    Short-term Pell pilot boosted enrollment but not earnings

    “The cost of expanding Pell Grant eligibility—about $1,800 per student in this study—should be considered against the evidence on the economic benefits of short and very short-term programs.”


    Harris needs to finish the job on for-profit college loan discharges

    Harris needs to finish the job on for-profit college loan discharges

    Our client, Jaime Maldonado, remembers nearly ten years ago when Harris, then her state's attorney general, announced findings of significant misconduct against thenow-defunct Corinthian Colleges.