Ed Cooley Education models that challenge traditional delivery methods are attracting increased scrutiny from state regulators. Every state has laws governing entities offering education within its borders, but those laws – and how they are enforced – vary dramatically from state to state, as well as by the level and […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum The Department of Education will take another step this week toward making the federal student aid process fully accessible from mobile devices like your cellphone. The department will launch a mobile-friendly version this week of fafsa.gov, the website that hosts the Free Application for Federal […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum The Senate on Monday unanimously passed an update to the Perkins Career and Technical Education Law. The House passed its own version of the bill more than a year ago, but negotiations in the Senate had been in a stalemate for months. Business groups and the White House had […]
Ed Surge by Tina Nazerian When Case Western Reserve University launches a new health education campus with the Cleveland Clinic next year, one feature will be conspicuously absent. There will be no place for cadavers. The school plans to replace the usual anatomy labs with a new series of hands-on […]
Daily Caller by Richard Pollock University of Phoenix has close ties to former President Barack Obama and his administration, which issued strict regulations against such for-profit colleges. The university’s parent organization is still facing a federal investigation two years after Obama’s best friend purchased the company. The purchase took the […]
The Commission received notice yesterday that Ms. Florence Tate has resigned from her position as Executive Director of the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) to pursue other professional opportunities. Ms. Tate has served as Executive Director since 2014. The Commission is grateful for her valuable service to ABHES […]
eCampus News As the global economy changes and demands more highly-skilled workers, some experts are tracking what they call a third wave of postsecondary education reform focused on making sure graduates have career-long alignment between their education and the job market. The new report from Jobs for the Future (JFF) and […]
Ed Tech Magazine by Eli Zimmerman With the growing use of educational applications and online classroom software, student devices have become a ubiquitous tool for learning. Online courses are becoming a popular supplement to — and in some cases a replacement for — traditional on-campus education. With nearly half of undergraduate online students […]
Inside Higher Ed By Rick Seltzer After Mount Ida College closure, Massachusetts proposals grapple with whether colleges should disclose shutdown possibilities and when regulators should step in. Months after Mount Ida College’s sudden collapse rocked higher education-heavy Massachusetts, several arms of the state’s government are exploring regulatory changes to try to […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: The merger between Capella University’s parent company, Capella Education Company, and Strayer Education Inc., the parent company of Strayer University, has been approved by the Higher Learning Commission and is expected to close on or before Aug. 1. The resulting company will be named Strategic Education Inc., […]