Glendale Career College January 18, 2021 Partnership Offers Training Opportunities to Keep Nurses on the Leading Edge of Health Care While Equipping Students for Success GLENDALE, Calif.—The Marsha Fuerst School of Nursing at Glendale Career College (GCC) recently announced a new clinical partnership opportunity with Adventist Health Glendale to provide […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami January 18, 2021 Private universities are dismayed that a fact sheet of President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief package only mentions helping public universities. Private colleges and universities are dismayed that President-elect Joe Biden might be leaving most of them out of getting additional help in […]
Inside Higher Ed Doug Lederman January 15, 2021 Arizona university says Education Department’s rejection of its conversion to nonprofit status was “arbitrary and capricious.” Grand Canyon University, whose bid to be considered a nonprofit rather than for-profit institution for federal financial aid purposes was surprisingly rejected by the U.S. Education Department in […]
THE HILL Niv Elis January 14, 2021 President-elect Joe Biden will include a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 as part of a COVID-19 relief package, the first major legislation of his presidency. Biden is expected to announce the wage push, a mainstay of the Democratic Party since Sen. Bernie […]
FEDERAL REGISTER Kate Mullan January 8, 2021 AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an emergency review of a new information collection. DATES: […]
Courthouse News Service Nicholas Iovino January 12, 2021 As a private citizen, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos can no longer avoid answering questions in a class action claiming her policies permanently damaged the finances of student borrowers defrauded by for-profit colleges. SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — As a cabinet official, Education […]
CECU | Career Education Colleges and Universities Jenny January 13, 2021 Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education announced today a new update to College Scorecard that delivers on the Administration’s promise to make higher education more transparent and accountable. College Scorecard now provides prospective students with […]
DICK DURBAN UNITED STATES SENATOR ILLINOIS January 12, 2021 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with Dr. Miguel Cardona, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Education. During their Zoom call, Durbin and Cardona discussed how teacher shortages in Illinois and around the country have been exacerbated by […]
Career Education Review Jenny January 13, 2021 Tiffany Curtiss, Dental Assistant Student at UEI College in Ontario, Awarded $5,000 Scholarship from Pacific Dental Services Foundation [Ontario, CA] Tiffany Curtiss knows the power of a beautiful smile first-hand. In her youth, Tiffany’s family didn’t have the resources for her to get braces. […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami January 13, 2021 The association representing for-profit colleges and universities, in a letter Monday, urged President-elect Joe Biden’s administration not to single them out unfairly. The Biden administration is expected to restore Obama administration rules eliminated by former education secretary Betsy DeVos aimed primarily at for-profit institutions. […]