Ed Source Ashley A. Smith July 12, 2021 State’s only online community college received support from Newsom, Brown For the second consecutive year, Calbright College, the state’s only exclusively online community college, survives a legislative attempt to shut it down – for now. President Ajita Talwalker Menon announced Monday, during the […]
Career Education Review Jenny July 13, 2021 Event Underscores College’s Commitment to Equipping Health Care Professionals for Success WEST COVINA, Calif.—On Friday, June 18, North-West College (NWC) once again came together with its family of Colleges, Glendale Career College and Nevada Career Institute, for a virtual Commencement Ceremony to honor […]
Committee on Education & Labor Republicans’ July 9, 2021 Rep Virginia Foxx Skills-based education is a worthy, equal alternative to a college degree. At a time when tuition is skyrocketing and a degree does not necessarily translate to an in-demand job, many students and their parents wonder if college is […]
Higher Ed Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf July 9, 2021 Dive Brief: A group of 21 Republican state attorneys general wrote to President Joe Biden on Wednesday arguing the administration “misconstrued federal law” when it interpreted Title IX to broadly protect gay and transgender individuals from discrimination. The U.S. Department of Education said last month that the federal sex discrimination […]
CECU July 8, 2021 Arlington, Va. — Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that he and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), along with a group of 10 additional senators, sent a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education regarding the Department’s […]
Career Education Review Jenny July 9, 2021 The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced today the approval of over 1,800 borrower defense to repayment (borrower defense) claims for borrowers who attended three institutions: Westwood College, Marinello Schools of Beauty and the Court Reporting Institute. This is the first time the […]
USC Annenberg Media Phil Rosen July 2, 2021 It’s time to talk about the false, negative stigma around trade school. Why is it always, “Make sure you go to college,” and never “Make sure you go to trade school?” Most high school students are funneled into two- or four-year universities. […]
Ed Source Ashley Smith July 8, 2021 Assembly unanimously voted to eliminate online college, Senate to discuss next week Calbright College, the state’s exclusively online community college, appears to have support from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office despite attempts by the Legislature to eliminate its funding. Lande Ajose, Newsom’s senior policy adviser […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz July 8, 2021 Dive Brief: First-year persistence rates, which measure whether incoming students continue into their second year, dropped to 73.9% in the fall of 2020, their lowest level since 2012, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The declines were driven […]
Inside Higher Ed Doug Lederman July 7, 2021 Survey finds students support their institutions and mostly plan to re-enroll — but increasingly doubt whether education is worth the price. Even more than usual, college leaders are eager to get into the minds of their current and would-be students, to try to […]