Higher Ed Watch

We're co-hosting a twitter town hall about how to fix federal student aid on Thursday from 1-2pm EST. Please join us using !

EVENT February 28: A Twitter Town Hall on the Solution for the Federal Student Aid System | Alliance The federal student aid system is a series of policies and programs that incorporates grants, loans, campus-based programs, and tax benefits aimed at increasing student access to higher education. The system is enormous in both scope and complexity. As more and more of America’s international compet...

Has the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changed an adjunct's ability to obtain health benefits? Doesn't look that way, according to NAF's Andy Lounder. He explores the interplay of the ACA and adjunct labor in his newest post for Higher Ed Watch's series: The Academic Graveyard Shift.

The Academic Graveyard Shift: A Thin-Crust Guy’s Faculty | NewAmerica.net Starting in 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates that employers with more than 50 employees must provide health insurance to those working more than 30 hours per week. To prevent having to give their employees proper benefits, Papa John’s Pizza voiced intent to cut the hours of employees to…