techwire.net Brown Orders Creation of Online Community College BY KAYLA NICK-KEARNEY | JUNE 30, 2017 Gov. Jerry Brown has directed California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley to create a fully online-only community college. The memo directing Oakley to create the college included a deadline to submit a plan for […]
Inside Higher Ed Helping Career Education Become a First Choice California’s community colleges seek to rebrand career and technical education amid a broad state push that includes $200 million more in annual funding. By Paul Fain July 5, 2017 California wants to eliminate the lingering stigma about career and technical education with […]
Duane Morris Ruling in AACS v. Department of Education: Federal District Court Eases Alternate Earnings Appeals Requirements and Extends Deadlines for AACS Schools June 30, 2017 The court granted summary judgment to AACS on the basis that the earnings appeal component of the rule was too strictly constructed and thus arbitrary and […]
The Seattle Times Washington state AG office joins suit in student-loan case Originally published June 30, 2017 at 5:00 am Updated June 29, 2017 at 8:52 pm Attorney General Bob Ferguson is joining attorneys general in nine other states to fight a lawsuit that would remove protections for students who borrowed […]
Inside Higher Ed Judge Partially Blocks Enforcement of Gainful-Employment Rule By Andrew Kreighbaum June 29, 2017 A federal district court judge issued an order Wednesday partially blocking enforcement of the gainful-employment rule for cosmetology schools that sued in February to halt the regulation. The Department of Education defended gainful employment in court in March but […]
Townhall Obama’s Progressive Socialist Attempt to Destroy Private College Education in America Posted: Jun 27, 2017 12:01 AM America doesn’t have an unemployment problem – it has an education and skilled worker problem. Right now, there are millions of available jobs all around the country with top companies offering good […]
Inside Higher Ed ‘A New Day at OCR’ Trump administration’s top two enforcers of civil rights laws for education promise college lawyers timelier, fairer treatment, but vow no “retreat” on anti-discrimination enforcement. By Doug Lederman June 28, 2017 CHICAGO — Candice Jackson and Thomas E. Wheeler Jr. received modest applause when […]
Inside Higher Ed New Models for Community Colleges In California and Pennsylvania, new institutions are created. By Ashley A. Smith June 27, 2017 CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES OEI Across the country, many students still lack access to a college option that fits their needs. It’s a problem that two very different states […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education Backers of an Audit Model for Judging Education Quality Invite Feedback By Goldie Blumenstyk JUNE 26, 2017 Apush to augment and perhaps eventually replace traditional accreditation with an approach that calls for independent third parties to audit the implicit and explicit promises made by education […]
Investor’s Business Daily Will The Rebirth Of Vocational Education Bring Back ‘Good Jobs’? The traditional college experience has become extremely expensive and unrewarding for many young people. Increasingly, vocational education and apprenticeships are replacing college as a meaningful alternative for a rewarding work life and career. STEVEN MALANGA 6/23/2017 Even […]