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Education Department to Streamline Reviews of Accreditors

INSIDE HIGHER ED.  JUNE 17, 2013.  The Education Department is hoping to streamline its process for reviewing and recognizing accrediting agencies to focus more on what it considers key criteria — 25 of the 95 factors that include accreditors’ standards …

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At Gathering of For-Profit Colleges, Mermaids Need Not Apply

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION.  JUNE 17, 2013.  At the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities’convention in Las Vegas last year, a vendor’s booth in the exhibit hall featured a scantily clad woman in a mermaid costume who was dangling …

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Conditions Dropped From California Funding Bill for Higher Ed

INSIDE HIGHER ED.  JUNE 17, 2013. The budget bill for California higher education for the coming year will include increased reporting requirements, but not a direct linkage between increased funding and accomplishing certain goals, The Los Angeles Times reported. Governor Jerry Brown …

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Legislative Limits on For-Profit Schools Eyed

MILITARY.COM.  JUNE 13, 2013.  The chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee expressed frustration on Wednesday with what he sees as the lack of positive movement by for-profit schools in its dealings with military personnel it recruits into online degree programs. …

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California Budget Deal Removes Conditions on Increases for Universities

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION.  JUNE 14, 2013.  Gov. Jerry Brown has dropped his proposal to tie some money for California’s public universities to such requirements as freezing tuition for four years, improving graduation rates, and enrolling more low-income students …

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No Love for Accreditation

INSIDE HIGHER ED.  JUNE 14, 2013.  To hear members of Congress tell it, reauthorizing the Higher Education Act is looming on the near horizon of the legislative agenda — even though most others here consider it a mirage that’s still …

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Lawmakers call pursuit of gainful employment regs ‘disgraceful,’ ‘reckless’

THE HILL.  JUNE 12, 2013. The Obama administration should abandon plans to enact regulations meant to target career training programs that saddle students with debt but fail to help them land a job, a pair of House Republicans said Wednesday. …

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Senators Condemn For-Profit Colleges’ Use of Military Tuition Aid

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION.  JUNE 12, 2013.  Two Democratic senators used a Congressional hearing on Wednesday to condemn for-profit colleges as preying on active members of the armed forces to receive federal tuition aid by increasing enrollments but ignoring …

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Separate Rule Making for Gainful Employment

INSIDE HIGHER ED.  JUNE 12, 2013.  The U.S. Department of Education plans this fall to begin a stand-alone round of negotiated rule making on “gainful employment” regulations, which would keep tabs on vocational programs at for-profit colleges and some nonprofit …

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APSCU Disappointed in U.S. Department of Education Announcement to Establish Negotiated Rulemaking Committee for Gainful Employment

APSCU.  JUNE 11, 2013.  Today, APSCU President and CEO Steve Gunderson released a statement following the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement that they will establish a negotiated rulemaking committee for consideration of gainful employment. “We are extremely disappointed that the U.S. Department …

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The California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools (CAPPS) is dedicated to spreading the word about the role of private post-secondary education and represents the many diverse kinds of schools in California. For more than 25 years, CAPPS has been actively engaged at all levels of government to ensure our members' voices are heard and our issues are addressed. With more than 300 institutions, CAPPS member schools are helping students of all ages, backgrounds and skill-levels achieve their dreams and secure stable employment. All CAPPS member schools and colleges are nationally or regionally accredited or approved-only.