Primary Contact Craig Swenson President & CEO 8620 Spectrum Center Blvd. San Diego, CA 92123 P: (800) 798-0584 www.ashford.edu Ashford is an online university that provides a learning platform that is completely online to all its students. All of your courses take place in this online platform, and it is […]
InsideHigherEd Across California, institutions are grappling with how best to provide for students and employees while combating power outages and poor air quality. For many, this is the new normal. By Elin Johnson October 29, 2019 California’s Kincade fire — and the state power company Pacific Gas & Electric’s subsequent controversial […]
NatLawReview.com An article written by the Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection reminds purchasers of lead generation advertising – both end providers and intermediaries – of the obligation to manage lead generators diligently and responsibly. FTC lawyers roundly agree that data privacy is at the heart of the lead […]
TheHill.com Most people assume veterans’ organizations reflect their membership — principled, traditional, and right-of-center. After all, veterans should put country before party and veteran welfare before partisan interests. While that once may have been true, it no longer appears to be. Instead, many prominent veteran service organizations (VSOs), military service […]
Sacramento Bee California backed down from a fight with the Department of Veterans Affairs over a decision that restricts the state’s power to regulate for-profit colleges enrolling students with GI Bill benefits. California had used its authority in the past to sanction colleges with shaky finances and to investigate complaints […]
edweek blog Michael Rounds is president of Williamson College of the Trades in Media, Pa. Williamson is a character-driven trade school enrolling 260 students, all of whom graduate debt-free. Before taking on this role at Williamson in 2013, Michael was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and an assistant […]
Inside Higher Ed Representative Bobby Scott, the House education committee chairman, suggested Tuesday in a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that her department had illegally awarded federal aid to two ineligible for-profit college programs operated by the defunct Dream Center. Scott, a Virginia Democrat, also threatened to issue subpoenas if the […]
Inside Higher Ed Students at Thomas Jefferson University were surprised to receive stern notices about unpaid bills in early September. The emailed notices said students had to arrange to pay outstanding tuition bills in the next six days or they would be dropped from fall classes, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The college, which […]
National Review The accusations don’t stand up to even simple scrutiny. For-profit colleges take the blame for a lot of bad trends in our higher-education system. Sometimes it’s deserved. But too frequently the blame is driven by ideology and not objective analysis. And lest we assume that the blue-chip think […]