Evolllution by Melissa Vito | Vice Provost for Academic Innovation (Interim), UT San Antonio A few weeks ago, a colleague and I were discussing a recent study, which found approximately 43 percent of recent college graduates are underemployed in their first jobs. While this is an alarming number, my colleague was […]
Evolllution By Bill Dracos | Chief Business Practice Improvement Officer, Emory UniversityMeredith Swartz | Principal, Persenche, LLC “Corporate!” “Profit!” “Business!” These can be despised (or at least disliked) words in higher education circles. After all, we’re not all about the almighty dollar. We don’t step on the little guy to […]
Cooley By Kate Lee Carey and Caitlyn Shelby California has introduced a legislative package of seven new bills that would substantially impact institutions operating in California under the approval of or through registration with the BPPE. This is the first in a series of blog posts on these bills. With the perceived […]
RealClearEducation By Cherylyn Harley LeBon Some politicians in Washington are waging a concerted and deceitful effort to make it difficult for private, for-profit and non-profit colleges to exist. Colleges and universities that offer career-specific degrees are a top priority for their detractors, even though these institutions meet the unique needs […]
Cooley The negotiated rulemaking committee charged with considering rules affecting accreditation and innovation concluded its second session last week, during which the panel of negotiators focused heavily on revisions the US Department of Education has made to some of its most controversial accreditation proposals. For the most part, these revisions, […]
Sentinel News Wire WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and have reintroduced bicameral legislation designed to strengthen students’ ability to hold for-profit colleges accountable in court for their misconduct. The Court Legal Access & Student Support (CLASS) Act prohibits any school receiving Title IV student aid funding […]
Career Education Review UEI College, a national provider of career education is now making hands-on training available to students in Sacramento and surrounding communities. Hundreds of students started school in February to experience the welcoming and caring learning environment typical of UEI Colleges across many other cities. Located at 4424 […]
Education Dive By Ben Unglesbee This is the second article in a three-part series on the broader issues at play as higher ed debates proposed new rules governing topics such as online learning and new education models. Check back next week for our final installment, and click here to read […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum Senator Patty Murray said Thursday that an overhaul of the Higher Education Act should tackle college affordability directly by addressing state investment in public colleges and boosting federal spending on need-based aid programs like Pell Grants. Murray, the ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate’s education […]
SFChronicle.com by Alexi Koseff SACRAMENTO — California would add financial protections for students at for-profit colleges under measures that Democratic legislators introduced Wednesday in response to the Trump administration’s rollback of Obama-era regulations. The seven bills would place restrictions on college programs if graduates cannot find good-paying jobs, limit aggressive […]