Education Dive Natalie Schwartz January 21, 2021 Dive Brief: Activist investors are calling on Adtalem Global Education to try to end its planned purchase of Walden University, a for-profit online college. Two investment firms, Engine Capital and Hawk Ridge Partners, wrote in an open letter dated Thursday that they were “severely disappointed” with […]
Fox 40 January 15, 2021 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a lawsuit against acting U.S. Secretary of Education Mitchell Zais and the U.S. Department of Education over their effort to ease accountability on for-profit colleges. One of the many shameful legacies of the Trump Administration is the extreme lengths […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami January 21, 2021 President Biden gives student loan borrowers an additional nine months before they have to start making payments again. The Education Department said Wednesday night that at President Joe Biden’s request, it is continuing to give student loan borrowers a break from making their […]
Career Education Review Jenny January 21, 2021 Unitek executive is elected to the board of the California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools Unitek Learning is thrilled to announce that Dr. Navneet “Sunny” Bhasin, their Chief Operations Officer, has been elected to the board of the California Association of Private Postsecondary […]
Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami January 15, 2021 The Education Department releases a new round of COVID-19 funds to colleges and universities, and Biden proposes $35 billion in additional money. The U.S. Education Department on Thursday made available the $21.2 billion in help to higher education included in the coronavirus relief legislation […]
Education Dive Natalie Schwartz January 19, 2021 Dive Brief: President-elect Joe Biden is expected to unveil an immigration bill on Inauguration Day that would allow certain unauthorized students to apply for permanent residence and increase the number of work and family visas available. Biden will also pitch an eight-year pathway to […]
POLITICO Michael Stratford January 19, 2021 Principal deputy undersecretary of Education Diane Auer Jones has been a major target of congressional Democrats’ inquiries into the Dream Center. A top adviser to former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos exceeded her authority when she helped struggling for-profit colleges access hundreds of millions of […]
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 […]