Career.org 12/6/2018 Following the news that Education Corporation of America abruptly closed its campuses, Steve Gunderson, President and CEO of Career Education Colleges and Universities, released the following statement: “We concur with the U.S. Department of Education’s strong statement condemning Education Corporation of America’s decision to suddenly close its campuses. […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: One of the largest for-profit college operators still standing, Education Corporation of America, is shutting down entirely. “[I]t is with a heavy heart that today we announce that [ECA] is closing all its career colleges effective with the completion of the current module or term for most […]
Inside Higher Ed Andrew Kreighbaum The U.S. Department of Education recently announced it would miss a key deadline to repeal an Obama administration rule that seeks to hold career-education programs accountable for producing graduates with unmanageable debt. Doing away with the so-called gainful-employment regulation is a top priority of the Trump administration. […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum After two years of an administration that has disavowed the Obama Education Department’s crackdown on for-profit colleges, there’s little sign of a comeback for the sector. On Wednesday, one of the largest credential-granting for-profit operators still standing, Education Corporation of America, said it would […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education By Cailin Crowe The credit outlook for higher education remains negative for the second year in a row, according to the latest report from Moody’s Investors Service. The next year and a half is expected to be grim because of low revenue growth from tuition, […]
CTE Policy Watch Come January, it appears that there will be a total of 98 new Members of Congress (eight in the Senate and 90 in the House). These new Members have diverse backgrounds, from a former major party presidential nominee to governors to returning lawmakers to first time candidates, […]
CC Daily BY ELLIE ASHFORD Source: Veterans Education Success, “Postsecondary Non-Completion Among Veterans: Contributing Factors and Implications,” November 2018. Military veterans in postsecondary education are more likely to earn an associate degree or certificate than their non-veteran peers. But veterans tend to take longer to complete. That’s one of the […]
National Center for Education Statistics Title: Graduation Rates for Selected Cohorts, 2009-14; Outcome Measures for Cohort Year 2009-10; Student Financial Aid, Academic Year 2016-17; and Admissions in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2017. Description: This First Look includes fully edited and imputed data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) winter […]
NewsMax If there is one thing Americans agree upon today is that public higher education in the U.S. is a mess. A is the most popular grade today and the C is considered an “endangered species.” The good news is that the Trump administration is working to make things better. U.S. Secretary […]
Federal Register 2018-2019 Award Year Deadline Dates for Reports and Other Records Associated With the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program (FSEOG), the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Programs, the Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant) Program, the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct […]