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DeVos tells higher ed leaders the industry is ‘due for a rethink’

DeVos tells higher ed leaders the industry is ‘due for a rethink’

Education Dive Dive Brief: Ahead of the federal negotiated rulemaking session on higher ed accreditation that kicks off next month, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos laid out her department’s priorities in a meeting Wednesday with industry leaders. According to prepared remarks, she said it is time to “rethink” higher education and called […]

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STARS Campus Solution/Training Masters

STARS Campus Solution/Training Masters

Primary Contact Robert Amell – CEO 3314 Market Street, Suite 301 Camp Hill, PA 17011 (717) 901-6868 wwww.starscampus.com Description: STARS is the most secure and reliable school management system with the features that help career schools operate efficiently and effectively. Managing data throughout the campus life cycle of the student, […]

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Supreme Court decision could limit Ed Dept.’s power to regulate Title IX

Supreme Court decision could limit Ed Dept.’s power to regulate Title IX

Education Dive Dive Brief: The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week to review the legal doctrine called the Auer deference, which gives federal agencies more power over interpreting their own regulations, The National Law Journal reported. The doctrine stems from a 1997 decision that directs courts to enforce a regulation as it […]

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Grand Canyon Education buys Orbis Education Services for $362.5M

Grand Canyon Education buys Orbis Education Services for $362.5M

Education Dive Dive Brief: Grand Canyon Education (GCE), which once owned and now sells its services to the nonprofit Christian college Grand Canyon University (GCU), has agreed to acquire Orbis Education Services for $362.5 million, according to a press release. Founded in 2003, Orbis manages pre-licensure healthcare programs in nursing, occupational therapy […]

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Pima Medical Institute Officially Launches Surgical Technology Associate Degree Program at its Chula Vista Campus

Pima Medical Institute Officially Launches Surgical Technology Associate Degree Program at its Chula Vista Campus

Career Education Review Chula Vista, Calif. (December 17, 2018) – Pima Medical Institute has launched its new Surgical Technology associate degree program at the Chula Vista campus. For more than 45 years, Pima Medical Institute has been dedicated to providing its students with the in-demand, hands-on education employers expect. The Chula […]

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Needed: A Revival Of For-Profit Higher Education

Needed: A Revival Of For-Profit Higher Education

Forbes by Richard Vedder The Obama Administration intensely disliked for-profit higher education. Political appointees in the U.S. Department of Education  (Robert Shireman particularly stands out) as well as Democrats in Congress (e.g., former Senator Tom Harkin, current Senator Dick Durbin) constantly attacked the sector. Most of them probably thought that […]

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Ed Department alerts ECA students to transfer, discharge options

Ed Department alerts ECA students to transfer, discharge options

Education Dive Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education has begun providing information to some 20,000 students displaced by the sudden closure of most campuses under the for-profit college operator Education Corporation of America (ECA). Affected students can transfer to another school, apply for a loan discharge or contact their local state […]

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Growing Blue-Collar Labor Shortage

Growing Blue-Collar Labor Shortage

Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain Converging demographic, educational and economic trends have reversed a decades-long trend in the U.S. jobs market, according to a new analysis from the Conference Board, making it harder for companies to find workers in blue-collar and low-paying service occupations than in highly educated, white-collar ones. Demand for […]

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