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How A Small, For-Profit College Fell Victim To A Changing Economy

How A Small, For-Profit College Fell Victim To A Changing Economy

SCPR.org by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez A-Technical College in Huntington Park will shut down for good on Aug. 15. The college’s one-year programs train people to become medical assistants, administrative assistants, and like Lucas, massage therapists. It’s an independent, small school, where students say they get more hands-on instruction. While some large […]

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Grand Canyon sheds light on expansion plans

Grand Canyon sheds light on expansion plans

EducationDive By Hallie Busta Dive Brief: Grand Canyon Education (GCE) executives shared more details on their plans to add new university partners during a call with analysts Tuesday to discuss their second-quarter earnings. GCE CEO Brian Mueller said the education services provider is looking for three or four college partners that want to grow to about […]

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How Online Degrees Can Advance Worker Careers in a Shifting Economy

How Online Degrees Can Advance Worker Careers in a Shifting Economy

EdSurge.com By Robert Ubell (Columnist) If you’re wondering why online learning is booming, take a look at the latest U.S. Department of Labor data showing heightened demand for skilled workers. Those with an undergraduate or advanced degree now represent about 40 percent of the nation’s workforce, while those with just a high school […]

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California’s new Calbright College faces questions weeks before opening

California’s new Calbright College faces questions weeks before opening

EdSource alifornia’s new online community college officially starts in eight weeks but it has yet to have a formal application for students or identify employers that will host its three new industry-certified programs. But Calbright College’s new president, Heather Hiles, said the institution is on track to meet those goals […]

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How A Small, For-Profit College Fell Victim To A Changing Economy

How A Small, For-Profit College Fell Victim To A Changing Economy

SCPR.org A-Technical College in Huntington Park will shut down for good on Aug. 15.  The college’s one-year programs train people to become medical assistants, administrative assistants, and like Lucas, massage therapists. It’s an independent, small school, where students say they get more hands-on instruction. While some large for-profit chains have closed […]

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For-Profit Chain Reaches $30 Million Settlement With FTC

For-Profit Chain Reaches $30 Million Settlement With FTC

InsideHigherEd By Andrew Kreighbaum Career Education Corporation reached a $30 million settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission last month, it disclosed in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The FTC launched an inquiry into the company’s practices in 2015 focused on deceptive marketing and advertising to prospective students. Career Education admitted no wrongdoing […]

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Rhode Island governor pushes tuition-free college in states

Rhode Island governor pushes tuition-free college in states

Politico.com By Michael Stratford RHODE ISLAND GOVERNOR PUSHES TUITION-FREE COLLEGE IN STATES: Raimondo, a Democrat who passed free community college in her state, is taking on a new national role to promote efforts by governors and state lawmakers to make public colleges tuition-free. — Raimondo will become co-chair of a new […]

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U.S. Says California Is in Compliance With State Authorization Rules

U.S. Says California Is in Compliance With State Authorization Rules

InsideHigherEd By Doug Lederman California’s new process for giving online students enrolled at public and private nonprofit colleges outside the state a way to submit complaints about their institutions still falls short of new federal rules governing state authorization. But the U.S. Education Department now considers the state to be in […]

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