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Ten Senate Democrats led by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) sent a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon on April 21 demanding the Department extend the 90-day window for more than 7 million borrowers being forced off the Savings on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan.The Department of Education has started contacting student loan borrowers with a “friendly” reminder that the SAVE plan forbearance is ending and borrowers need to choose a new repayment plan. However, starting July 1, borrowers will receive a strict 90-day warning to choose a…

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Nearly one-fifth of USC Marshall School of Business’s tenured faculty has signed a letter to Dean Geoffrey Garrett warning that one of the country’s most recognized business schools is on a “downward trajectory” in academic reputation, research excellence, and student quality.The 52 faculty members accuse leadership of centralizing decision-making, freezing out faculty input, and producing a revenue shortfall that proposed PhD program cuts alone cannot cover.Why It Matters: USC Marshall enrolls nearly 7,000 business students. Public faculty letters of this scale at a top business school are rare and they typically signal deeper financial and governance problems than the public sees.…

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For the first time, students aged 18 to 20 are the largest share of first-time associate degree earners. The driving factors are a combination of dual enrollment expansions that allow high school students to earn college credits, while also more graduates bypassing traditional four-year colleges in favor of faster, cheaper credentials.This comes from the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse, which tracks college enrollment.By The Numbers3.4 million undergraduate credentials awarded in 2024-25, up 3.2% year over year, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC).865,400 associate degrees (+2.6%) and 579,400 undergraduate certificates (+3.2%, a decade high).32.6% of first-time…

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