by Supporting Education | Feb 14, 2019 | News, Student Issues
One of the worst things that can happen to a school is for it to lose its national accreditation. On January 11, 2019, the University of Alaska Anchorage was informed that its education department had suffered this indignity. The Council for the Accreditation of...
by Supporting Education | Jan 30, 2019 | News, Student Issues
Career Education Corporation is the business behind Colorado Technical University and American InterContinental University, two for-profit remote learning schools that together enroll approximately 34,000 students. While both schools are still accredited, they...
by Supporting Education | Jan 16, 2019 | News, Student Issues
In 2007, the Bush Administration passed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA), which created the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). The point of this was to encourage professionals to work in public service fields by offering them forgiveness...
by Supporting Education | Dec 12, 2018 | News, Student Issues
“When colleges review applications, all but a few consider a student’s ability to pay. As a result, high-achieving applicants from low- and middle-income families are routinely denied seats that are saved for students whose families have deeper pockets. This hurts the...
by Supporting Education | Nov 14, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Washington State is heavily invested in improving educational equity, and has been for some time. Two of the state’s student aid programs are among the best in the nation: the College Bound Scholarship, which offers tuition aid for every student who maintains a 2.0...
