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Career Education settles 5-year lawsuit over marketing practices

Career Education settles 5-year lawsuit over marketing practices

EducationDive By Ben Unglesbee January 3rd, 2019 Given the total collapse of some of the country’s largest for-profit operators as a result of legal, regulatory and financial pressure, Career Education’s penalties from the settlement may seem light by comparison. From 2001 to 2010, Career Education’s enrollment nearly tripled to 118,205. During […]

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For-profit National American University exits Nasdaq

For-profit National American University exits Nasdaq

EducationDive By Ben Unglesbee January 3, 2019 NAU’s fortunes have fallen with the for-profit sector as a whole. Its exit from the Nasdaq exchange may be largely symbolic for non-investors, but it reflects real financial troubles that have affected many in the sector, including two large for-profit operators that abruptly […]

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Online Learning Goes Hollywood

Online Learning Goes Hollywood

EducationText.org  By Michael B. Horn Using video storytelling to motivate learning Hollywood is coming to a university near you—as nearby as the closest computer screen. Educators are attempting to harness the power of the industry that commands our attention at the movies (and on our tablets, televisions, and phones) for students […]

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Push to Expand Free Community College in California

Push to Expand Free Community College in California

InsideHigherEd By Ashley A. Smith January 7, 2019 California governor-elect Gavin Newsom plans to propose expanding the state’s one-year, tuition-free community college program to two years. Newsom reportedly will include an additional $40 million in his budget to fund the second year of college. An additional $5 million would go to the California Community Colleges […]

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Trump administration wants flexibility for accreditors and to encourage alternative providers

Trump administration wants flexibility for accreditors and to encourage alternative providers

InsideHigherEd by Andrew Kreighbaum and Paul Fain January 7, 2019 The Education Department’s proposals for upcoming negotiated rule-making process would narrow the responsibilities of accreditors and modify federal definitions for credit hour and distance education. In a package of highly detailed proposals set to be released today, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delivers on […]

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