Ghost students are viewed primarily as a financial aid problem. In reality, it is an institutional cybersecurity challenge that begins during enrollment and affects every system that depends on digital identity.
Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to restore $750 million in federal funding that was suspended over government allegations of "unlawful discrimination."
New College of Florida's ambitious conservative makeover has created a chaotic start to the fall semester, pushing students into off-campus hotels and sparking a faculty exodus.
As Tennessee and Georgia reel from their latest cybersecurity incidents, a new report surveying chief information security officers in education is sounding the alarm.
"Schools that engage in fraud or misconduct are on notice that we may be listening, and they should clean up accordingly," said Kristen Donoghue, FSA's chief enforcement officer in the Department's announcement.
To curb the deepening student loan crisis, the Department of Education aims to impede the abuse of federal funding at for-profit colleges by forcing school leaders to assume personal liability for unpaid institutional debt.
