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Serving California’s 2.5 Million ‘Stranded Workers’

Serving California’s 2.5 Million ‘Stranded Workers’

Inside Higher Ed Serving California’s 2.5 Million ‘Stranded Workers’ By Paul Fain As California’s community college system develops a plan to create a statewide online community college — an idea proposed and strongly backed by Jerry Brown, the state’s Democratic governor — a nonprofit group has released an analysis that seeks to identify the “stranded […]

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Congress puts more focus on student parents with new funding

Congress puts more focus on student parents with new funding

Inside Higher Ed More Aid for Student Parents Congress triples federal funding for low-income student parents, and advocates welcome the support — the first new investment in years — but say much more is needed. By Andrew Kreighbaum April 6, 2018  Among federal policy makers, it’s almost banal to acknowledge that traditional first-time, […]

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Coding Bootcamps Cross the Chasm | EdSurge News

Coding Bootcamps Cross the Chasm | EdSurge News

EdSurge News OPINION | POSTSECONDARY LEARNING Coding Bootcamps Cross the Chasm By David Yang     Mar 30, 2018 Back in September 2016, I applied Gartner’s Hype Cycle theory to predict the coming year in the coding bootcamp industry. Though many things in the article came to pass, as Gandalf would say, “Even the wise cannot […]

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SEC litigation against former ITT executives continues

SEC litigation against former ITT executives continues

SEC litigation against former ITT executives continues March 26, 2018 Marilyn Odendahl, Indiana Lawyer KEYWORDS Federal agencies / U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana / District Courts / Government / Courts / lawsuit The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against two principal officers of ITT Educational […]

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Federal court orders Education Dept. to reconsider ACICS’s fate

Federal court orders Education Dept. to reconsider ACICS’s fate

Inside Higher Ed Court Opens Door for For-Profit Accreditor’s Future U.S. judge says Education Department failed to consider key evidence in judging agency for for-profit colleges, and orders a new review. By Doug Lederman March 26, 2018 The Obama administration’s Education Department failed to consider key evidence when it reviewed and […]

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