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For-profit Bridgepoint hires new strategy chief as it retools

For-profit Bridgepoint hires new strategy chief as it retools

Education Dive By Ben Unglesbee Semel brings years of business development experience as Bridgepoint prepares to spin off its Ashford University, which last year the company merged with its University of the Rockies. Bridgepoint has submitted plans to its accreditor that would convert Ashford to a separate nonprofit entity while the company would transition […]

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Argosy Fails to Distribute $9 Million in Federal Aid

Argosy Fails to Distribute $9 Million in Federal Aid

Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain Argosy University has failed to distribute more than $9 million in financial aid to its students, a court-appointed receiver told The Arizona Republic, and it’s unclear where the money is. The nonprofit Dream Center Education Holdings in 2017 acquired the Argosy chain from the for-profit Educational Management Corporation, […]

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The Great Bundling of Work-Force Development

The Great Bundling of Work-Force Development

Inside Higher Ed by Ryan Craig Colleges may be facing pressure to separate their credentialed learning from their other offerings, Ryan Craig writes. Our work-force development system, meanwhile, could learn a thing or two from higher education. In the past, I’ve been critical of bundles. In my 2015 book, College Disrupted: […]

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As borrower defense gets another rewrite, for-profits wrestle with uncertainty

As borrower defense gets another rewrite, for-profits wrestle with uncertainty

Education Dive by Ben Unglesbee After failing once to undo Obama-era rules aimed at for-profits, the Ed Department has signaled it will try again. But a confusing regulatory landscape remains. Easy as undoing regulations might seem to government outsiders, they typically must go through the same process as writing new […]

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California’s Online Community College Chooses Its Leader

California’s Online Community College Chooses Its Leader

Inside Higher Ed Heather Hiles, an entrepreneur and Gates Foundation alum, will lead the new institution, launching this fall with competency-based certificate programs for the state’s adults. By Mark Lieberman California’s new online community college has made a key hire, pending approval today from the institution’s Board of Trustees. Heather Hiles, an entrepreneur […]

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Dems Pressure VA in War Against Veteran College Students, Private Colleges

Dems Pressure VA in War Against Veteran College Students, Private Colleges

CNS News By Gerard Scimeca It’s no secret how many Democrats in Washington openly condemn private, for-profit and non-profit colleges and universities that offer students specific, career-focused degrees. Many Democrats in Congress work feverishly to shut these schools down, and they will only be happy with the education version of Obamacare, […]

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