Education Dive Dive Brief: Four students are suing the nonprofit Dream Center Education Holdings (DCEH), alleging the college operator misled them over the accreditation of four Art Institutes, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. DCEH did not respond to Education Dive’s request for comment. The suit alleges DCEH stated in its course […]
Campus Technology The share of college students taking online courses has grown, up by about 6 percent, even as the overall number of people enrolled in higher education institutions dropped by about half a percent. According to preliminary numbers issued by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, […]
Inside Higher Ed Jason Camacho, a blind resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., is suing 50 colleges over the accessibility of their websites. The 50 lawsuits, filed in November, say the colleges are in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act, as their websites are not accessible to people with disabilities. Camacho […]
Inside Higher Ed Inflation for U.S. colleges and universities tallied 2.8 percent for the fiscal year ending in June 2018, dipping slightly from the previous year but still coming in above a five-year average as institutions faced higher costs on all fronts. The rate of 2.8 percent came in slightly below a […]
Ed Source For years 22 California community colleges did not participate in the federal student loan program, blocking students from taking out federal loans to cover their educational expenses. A few never allowed their students to take out federal loans. Many stopped participating because they feared too many of their […]
Review Journal At least four area institutions are stepping up to help students who were displaced by last week’s sudden closure of Brightwood College, a private for-profit nursing school. Brightwood College on Sahara Avenue — which has also been known as Professional Careers, Inc., Heritage College and Kaplan College since 1990 — […]
Inside Higher Ed About 30 colleges are shutting their doors at the end of this month, nearly a year after becoming the latest group of for-profit institutions to convert to nonprofit status. The colleges, most of which are part of the once renowned Art Institutes brand, are owned by the […]
by SJVC on December 6, 2018 · 5:55 am Carrington College Will Continue to Operate as a Separate Education Institution San Joaquin Valley College, Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Carrington College, a regionally-accredited institution that provides a career-focused curriculum in the allied health fields. San Joaquin Valley College, Inc. is now […]
Chronicle The announcement on Wednesday that the Education Corporation of America was closing some 70 colleges that it owns was a big shock to tens of thousands of students and employees on those campuses. It was much less of a surprise to some higher-education experts who have been following the […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: Fitch Ratings on Thursday issued a negative outlook for the higher education sector for the coming year as colleges grapple with numerous operational issues including increased competition for students, according to a client note emailed to Education Dive. In lowering the outlook from “stable” to “negative,” analysts with the […]