Higher Education Inquirer
JANUARY 13, 2025
Although the book was an exceptional chronicle of the student loan industry from 1958 to 2013, it missed at least one key event, the 2008-2010 bailout of Sallie Mae and a number of banks who made questionable private loans guaranteed by the US government. How commonplace this student loan grift was has not been adequately explored.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
The largest class of high school seniors in the nation’s history graduated in 2008 but birth rates plummeted after Great Recession and haven’t rebounded. A majority of Americans want state and federal governments to spend more on higher ed to make college more affordable.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
This increase marks the largest two-year jump in educational attainment since the project began in 2008, when the share of working-age adults with a degree was only 37.9 Among other policy solutions, she believes the federal government should invest in resources that help students afford and complete college, such as doubling the Pell Grant.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 12, 2023
As states will not or cannot raise taxes to adequately fund community colleges, the federal government could step in to make up the shortfall. A recent NEA study found that 32 states spent less on public colleges and universities in 2020 than in 2008. percent of households.
Higher Education Inquirer
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
[Editor's note: The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) was authorized and reconstituted by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. Additionally, Ambow remains in court for disputes with their landlord and for wage theft of its former President.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
MARCH 2, 2023
During the Great Recession of 2008–09, Harvard raised liquid funds by issuing $2.5 These universities could spend these funds much more efficiently and effectively than the federal government, while rebuilding public esteem and political support for themselves and all of higher education.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
MARCH 27, 2023
” The federal Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 opened the doors for the growth of such programs when it made federal grants available for students enrolled in what are known as Comprehensive Transition Postsecondary Programs. “I also think it would help with students getting a job.
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