EdSurge News Donald Graham, chairman of Graham Holdings Company, speaking during a Kaplan University commencement. There are many unanswered questions about the unprecedented sale of Kaplan University, a for-profit institution with several online programs but falling enrollments, to Purdue University, one of the top public universities in the nation. To […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education May 15, 2017 by Adam Harris Updated (5/15/2017, 5:51 p.m.) with comment from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is starting a push to repeal the federal ban on tracking the educational and employment outcomes of college students, […]
Sac Bee As Sacramento adds new high-tech school for training medical assistants and ultrasound/MRI technologists, Sutter Health and economic development officials describe why these jobs are in big demand. Claudia Buck The Sacramento Bee HEALTH & MEDICINE MAY 14, 2017 6:00 AM New campus targets hot healthcare jobs: Medical assistants, […]
The Federalist/FDRLST Media The most striking thing about fixing American higher education is that the direct costs look surprisingly small. The major obstacles are political, not financial. By Peter W. Wood MAY 15, 2017 How much would it cost to fix American higher education? Think big. In 2015, colleges and […]
Inside Higher Ed Americans see the work force and societal value of getting a college degree, a survey from New America finds, but community colleges have more support than do other sectors. By Paul Fain May 11, 2017 Americans see the value in getting a college degree, but they’re not particularly […]
Inside Higher Ed Unusual foundation grant will pay for community colleges and four-year institutions to improve their transfer pathways, with goal of 30 percent bump in four-year degrees earned by community college graduates. By Paul Fain May 9, 2017 An unusually structured new grant from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation […]
Washington Times States should be enabled to accredit colleges without risking federal financing By Ed Feulner – – Monday, May 8, 2017 ANALYSIS/OPINION: Does anyone out there think higher education doesn’t cost enough? Or that there are plenty of ideological points of view for students to choose from? I didn’t […]
Inside Higher Ed With interagency panel launched under Obama no longer active, observers see a Department of Education less interested in leading oversight of for-profit college sector. State regulators may become more important. By Andrew Kreighbaum May 9, 2017 In the midst of a push late in the Obama administration to […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education By Goldie Blumenstyk MAY 08, 2017 WASHINGTON Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her department faced public criticism following news reports that the department had flat-out rejected dozens of colleges’ Upward Bound grant applications based on minor line-spacing and font-size errors. Now, Ms. DeVos has […]
Purdue’s deal for Kaplan packs low up-front costs, long terms and boundary-pushing details Inside Higher Ed By Rick Seltzer May 4, 2017 Purdue University managed to make a big splash without fronting cash in its deal to acquire Kaplan University and its major online education presence. That’s a key point in […]