Inside Higher Ed For-Profit Free Fall Continues, U.S. Data Show By Doug Lederman June 6, 2018 The number of career colleges and the number of credentials they award have dropped by roughly 20 percent in the last four years, new data from the U.S. Education Department show. An annual report from the National Center […]
Moody’s: Declining Enrollment Is Squeezing Tuition Revenue Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain June 1, 2018 Recently released data on declining college enrollments in the U.S. and constraints on tuition pricing will continue to suppress tuition revenue growth this year, according to Moody’s, the credit-rating agency. Moody’s projects that this fiscal year, median […]
Inside Higher Ed Student borrowers argue the education secretary must follow previous policy to grant full loan relief to former Corinthian Colleges students. By Andrew Kreighbaum June 4, 2018 After granting student borrowers a temporary victory last month against the Department of Education, a federal judge this week will consider larger questions about […]
The Evolllution No Longer Overlooked: New Federal Data Reveal Outcomes for Non-Traditional College Students Alexander Bentz | Education Analyst, RTI InternationalJames Isaac | Director, Education Research, RTI InternationalDavid Radwin | Senior Research Associate, RTI International Though there are still some areas that need improving, new Outcomes Measure data from […]
Career Education Review North-West College (NWC) to Offer Dental Assistant Program at Riverside Campus Program Demonstrates Ongoing Commitment to Providing Quality Education RIVERSIDE, Calif.—Preparations are underway as North-West College (NWC) brings the Dental Assistant Program to its Riverside Campus for the first time. Construction on a new dental laboratory and […]
The Hill Congress, pass the PROSPER Act for federal student aid reform BY RACHELLE PETERSON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 05/23/18 09:30 AM EDT 101 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HIL It has been 53 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the Higher Education Act […]
Inside Higher Ed 2-Year Delay for State Authorization Rule U.S. (again) pushes back controversial regulation requiring online programs to gain approval from states in which they operate, this time to 2020. By Doug Lederman May 25, 2018 The U.S. Education Department formally announced in today’s Federal Register what it had implied two weeks ago: […]
Inside Higher Ed Jerry Brown: Higher Ed Should Be Like Chipotle By Scott Jaschik May 25, 2018 California Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, is in his last year in office, and he got in some swipes at higher education during a speech Wednesday at the California Chamber of Commerce. “What I […]
Inside Higher Ed New Accreditation Panel on Nonprofit Conversions By Andrew Kreighbaum May 25, 2018 The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, which oversees the country’s higher ed accrediting bodies, voted Thursday to have a subcommittee study oversight questions involved in for-profit colleges seeking to reclassify as nonprofit entities. […]
AEI Jorge Klor de Alva, Mark Schneider May 17, 2018 | American Enterprise Institute SHAREMark as favorite Apprenticeships and Community Colleges: Do They Have a Future Together? Education Key Points Apprenticeships, which combine on-the-job training and academic coursework, are often considered the gold standard of workforce training and have attracted substantial bipartisan […]