The Department of Education Continues to Erase Debt of Former Students of Predatory For-Profit Universities

By Mackenzie McCoy On June 1, 2022, the Department of Education announced they would cancel all remaining loans for students who attended the now-defunct Corinthian College. This cancellation will affect roughly 560,000 students and will result in $5.8 billion in Continue reading

BPPE Proposes Alternative Fee Plan to Recuperate Operating Costs

By Mackenzie McCoy The Bureau for Private Post-Secondary Education (BPPE) is in a difficult financial position. With the bureau’s operating budget continuing to be slashed, a majority of the Bureau’s funding comes from the annual fees paid by the post-secondary Continue reading

Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education Releases “BPPE At A Glance”

By Mikaila Hernández On February 19, 2020, the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) distributed a one-page “BPPE At A Glance” informational flyer at its Advisory Committee meeting, summarizing the work that BPPE completed in 2019. The BPPE Advisory Committee Continue reading

Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education Releases Sunset Review Report

By Mikaila C. Hernández On December 1, 2019, the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) published its Sunset Review Report in preparation for its Sunset Review Oversight hearing before the Assembly Business and Professions Committee and the Senate Business, Professions Continue reading

Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education Issues Emergency Decision Against Holberton School

By Mikaila C. Hernández On January 24, 2020, the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) issued an Emergency Decision ordering Holberton School, Inc. to (1) cease enrollment of new students in all of the institute’s programs; (2) cease all instruction Continue reading