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Trump signs stopgap spending bill, averting shutdown
President Trump on Friday signed a stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown, the White House said.
The measure will fund certain government agencies for two weeks until Dec. 21. The House and Senate unanimously passed the bill this week.
The move essentially punts a contentious debate over Trump's desire for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border since former President George H.W. Bush's funeral services halted congressional business ahead of the initial Dec. 7 funding deadline.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/420243-trump-signs-stopgap-spending-bill-averting-shutdown
Major for-profit school chain closes leaving tens of thousands of students scrambling
Thousands of students are reportedly left scrambling after Education Corp. of America (ECA), one of the country’s largest for-profit college chains, announced Wednesday that it would be abruptly closing nearly 70 campuses across the United States.
The Associated Press reported that the company said it will be closing institutions operating as Virginia College, Brightwood College, Brightwood Career Institute, Ecotech Institute and Golf Academy of America in over 70 locations across 21 states this week.
The move comes after its accrediting agency suspended approval following allegations that it was racking up debt for students with academic loans while failing to provide them with marketable skills.
Diane Worthington, a spokeswoman for the ECA, told the news agency that Friday will be the last day of class for thousands of students at the select campuses, but she also added that they would still be able to receive academic credits for this term.
However, several ECA students have expressed to NBC News that they the schools closures have left them with a major dilemma after they took out thousands of dollars in student loans.
Antoinette Flores, an associate director of Postsecondary Education Policy at the Center for American Progress, told NBC News that a student can ask the Education Department to cancel their student loans when a school closes or they can move to continue their education at another school where their credits may not be accepted.
But Flores said students attending for-profit schools are “significantly” more likely to lose their academic credits.
https://thehill.com/regulation/business/420238-major-for-profit-school-chain-closes-leaving-tens-of-thousands-of