THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MAY 16, 2013. College enrollment in the spring-2013 term dropped by 2.3 percent compared with the same term a year ago, according to a report released on Thursday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Four-year, for-profit …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Thursday, April 25, 2013
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 »
Continue reading...Friday, April 12, 2013
INSIDE HIGHER ED. APRIL 12, 2013. Institutions that offer online education programs should not be forced to answer to regulators in each and every state where they enroll students, according to a group led by the former U.S. Education Secretary Richard Riley. …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Friday, April 12, 2013
INSIDE HIGHER ED. APRIL 11, 2013. Federal spending on the Pell Grant Program declined slightly during the first half of the 2012-13 award year compared to the same period during the previous two years, according to new data released by the American …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Friday, March 22, 2013
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MARCH 21, 2013. A federal court has again ruled against the U.S. Department of Education on its “gainful employment” regulations, with a decision that is likely to complicate a possible appeal. It could also fuel broader debates about government …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Friday, March 22, 2013
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MARCH 20, 2013. A federal judge has ruled against the U.S. Department of Education on a motion asking the judge to modify part of a decision, issued last summer, that vacated key provisions of the …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Friday, February 8, 2013
BANKRATE.COM. For-profit colleges are either an acceptable alternative to nonprofit schools or a symptom of a failing higher-education system, depending on whom you ask. While critics and numerous studies argue that for-profit schools offer higher loan-default rates, lower quality of …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 29, 2013
INSIDE HIGHER ED. JANUARY 29, 2013. One of the big draws of online education is that it can be easily untethered from the traditional semester schedule, with online universities often offering new classes 52 weeks a year. But while they …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Thursday, January 24, 2013
MONDAQ. JANUARY 22, 2013. Institutions of higher education that receive Title IV funding must properly disclose certain information concerning course offerings that are or may be considered gainful employment programs by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). The deadline for making these …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Thursday, January 10, 2013
Today Governor Brown released his spending plan for the 2013-14 fiscal year. The Governor is required to release his budget in January, which starts the process of adopting a budget before the new fiscal year begins on July 1, 2013. …Continue reading »
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