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The College Investorby Robert Farrington1 Sept 2026
Ohio State University will pay $2.1 million to resolve civil allegations that it failed to disclose employees’ affiliations with and funding from the People’s Republic of China on NASA and National...
The College Investorby Robert Farrington1 Sept 2026
Bill Gates published a 6,000-word essay on the AI transition, calling it “one of the most turbulent times in human history” and arguing the world has no real plan for it.
The College Investorby Robert Farrington1 Sept 2026
Starting this fall, all seven schools in the University of Maine system, plus Cloud County Community College and Pratt Community College in Kansas, will award college credit for soft-skills...
The College Investorby Robert Farrington31 Aug 2026
Key Points - Nearly 1,800 institutions (or 38.7%) are missing at least one required Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) file from the 2024 and 2025 reporting cycles...
The College Investorby Robert Farrington31 Aug 2026
High-yield savings account rates held steady all the way through August. With the Fed holding rates steady, banks are using this opportunity to capture savers.
The College Investorby Robert Farrington31 Aug 2026
The Justice Department on August 27 filed complaints against Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington, challenging state laws that allow undocumented students pay in-state tuition and, in some...
The College Investorby Robert Farrington30 Aug 2026
Key Points - Syracuse University will miss its Fall 2026 undergraduate enrollment target and run its first budget deficit in years, Chancellor J.
The College Investorby Robert Farrington30 Aug 2026
Michigan high school seniors can now get admitted to college without applying. The Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) opened its new MI College Match portal on Aug.
The College Investorby Robert Farrington29 Aug 2026
Key Points - Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to build a statewide framework for three-year bachelor’s degrees, with recommendations due December 31...
The College Investorby Robert Farrington29 Aug 2026
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced this week that George Washington University’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences intentionally discriminated based on race when...
The College Investorby Robert Farrington28 Aug 2026
The Department of War has ordered 30 U.S. colleges and universities to immediately review their academic, financial, and research collaborations with foreign entities of concern.
The College Investorby Robert Farrington28 Aug 2026
Key Points - Nine Senate Democrats, led by Elizabeth Warren and Jeff Merkley, are demanding MOHELA explain false delinquency notices sent to borrowers who were current on their loans.
The College Investorby Robert Farrington27 Aug 2026
The Department of Education (via the Justice Department) filed notices of appeal on August 27, 2026 in both lawsuits that struck down the Department of Education’s PSLF employer eligibility rule.
The College Investorby Robert Farrington27 Aug 2026
Student loan refinance rates have held continued to hold as the Fed has held interest rates steady.
The College Investorby Robert Farrington27 Aug 2026
International applicants to U.S. colleges fell 10% in the 2025-26 admissions season, according to Common App’s End-of-Season Report released August 20, 2026.
The College Investorby Robert Farrington27 Aug 2026
Foster parents take on work the state would otherwise have to pay for, and a lot of them are doing it while still carrying student debt.
The College Investorby Robert Farrington27 Aug 2026
Student loan borrowers are reporting a wave of notifications inside their StudentAid.gov accounts warning that their Public Service Loan Forgiveness applications show loans in forbearance or...
The College Investorby Robert Farrington26 Aug 2026
Key Points - A record 84% of parents have started saving for their children’s college education, up from 74% in 2024.
The College Investorby Robert Farrington26 Aug 2026
Key Points - CalMatters sued the UC Board of Regents on August 24 after UCLA refused to release records showing which student athletes share $20.5 million in direct payments.
The College Investorby Hannah Rounds26 Aug 2026
Taking money out of a 529 plan is the easy part. Taking out the right amount is where families get tripped up — and an overage turns into a "non-qualified" distribution that gets taxed and...
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