Posts Tagged with "Graduation Rates"

Strayer U.’s Discounts Reflect Shifts in For-Profit-College Sector

Monday, May 13, 2013

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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION.  MAY 7, 2013.  With enrollments still falling and costs for recruiting students still rising, companies that run for-profit colleges continue to scramble: Some are offering bigger scholarships, some are instituting selectivity in admissions so they enroll students …Continue reading »

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DeVry Responds to My ’3 Suggestions for For-Profits’

Thursday, April 25, 2013

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INSIDE HIGHER ED.  APRIL 24, 2013.  A few weeks ago I wrote a post titled 3 Suggestions for For-Profits.  I wrote this post because I am both a fan and a critic of for-profit education. The original post was written at …Continue reading »

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Under Plan, California Would Embrace Performance-Based Funding For Colleges

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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INSIDE HIGHER ED.  APRIL 23, 2013.  California would move aggressively into performance-based funding for higher education under a draft plan being circulated by Governor Jerry Brown, the Los Angeles Times reported. Under the draft of a revised budget blueprint for higher education, …Continue reading »

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Trending in Career Services

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

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INSIDE HIGHER ED.  MARCH 25, 2013.  As the focus on higher education affordability continues to rise, so does the attention paid to what colleges and universities are doing to prepare students and help them successfully transition to a career after …Continue reading »

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UC faculty leaders blast bill on Internet courses

Friday, March 22, 2013

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CONTRA-COSTA TIMES.  MARCH 20, 2013.  University of California faculty leaders have endorsed an open letter that opposes legislation to allow public college students to earn degree credits for online courses from outside education providers, officials said Tuesday. The letter was …Continue reading »

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Nevada AG Targets For-Profit Colleges

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

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CBS LAS VEGAS.  MARCH 18, 2013.  The Nevada Attorney General has joined 13 other state AG’s in supporting a proposed bill in Congress targeting the marketing and recruitment practices of for-profit colleges and universities. The schools have been under fire for years …Continue reading »

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U. of California Faculty Leaders Question Outsourcing Plan

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

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INSIDE HIGHER ED.  MARCH 18, 2013.  The top two leaders of the University of California System Academic Senate on Friday released a letter expressing “grave concerns” about California legislation proposed last week to require the state’s public higher education systems to grant transfer credit …Continue reading »

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Education Department Releases New School-Level Graduation Rate Data to Better Inform Parents, District Leaders

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

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Today the U.S. Department of Education released provisional school-level graduation rates for 2010-11 – the first school year for which all states used a common, rigorous measure for reporting high school graduates.

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Academy of Art eligible for Cal Grants, judge says

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE.  FEBRUARY 22, 2013.  A Superior Court judge in San Francisco ruled Friday that Academy of Art University students should be eligible for Cal Grants in 2012-13 and 2013-14, according to an attorney for the academy. In July, the academy was one of …Continue reading »

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‘The Rise of Women’

Friday, February 22, 2013

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INSIDE HIGHER ED.  FEBRUARY 21, 2013.  The facts of women being more likely than men to go to college, perform better academically, and major in fields other than science, technology, engineering and mathematics are mostly attributable to factors affecting students …Continue reading »

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