Inside Higher Ed The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities yesterday published a letter to the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, urging that it block the proposed merger of publishers Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education. “The textbook market is already highly concentrated, which has helped fuel cost increases far exceeding the overall rate […]
Education Dive California’s newest public college is beginning an experiment this fall that could change how higher education serves a coveted class of students: working adults without degrees. Called Calbright, the free online community college is starting slow, offering noncredit classes with curriculum designed to teach skills requested by area […]
Career Education Review GARDENA and ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 29, 2019 — Over the summer, UEI College campuses in Gardena and Anaheim donated 144 desks to 2 schools in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas. The UEI Colleges in Gardena and Anaheim worked with local schools to pass on their […]
InsideHigherEd In her first significant act as Education Secretary more than two years ago, Betsy DeVos said she planned to overhaul an Obama administration student loan rule designed to protect borrowers defrauded by their college. Despite her efforts, the Obama borrower-defense regulations took effect last year. But on Friday DeVos capped off a two-year […]
Education Dive Another quarter means another opportunity to check in with some of the sector’s publicly traded for-profit college operators and online program managers (OPMs). In the last few years, these companies have reacted to the mix of heightened regulation, shifting demand and new competitors affecting for-profit and online education. […]
NASFAA By Joelle Fredman, NASFAA Staff Reporter Two House Democrats introduced a bill late last week to reinstate the Obama-era gainful employment (GE) regulations that the Department of Education (ED) eliminated last month. While the rule — or lack thereof — does not take effect until July 2020, some institutions […]
InsideHigherEducation Veterans’ organizations see negotiations over the Higher Education Act as an opportunity to tighten a federal exemption they say makes service members target of aggressive marketing by for-profit colleges. Veterans’ groups played a key role last year in blocking a Republican proposal to update the landmark higher education law. […]
Wired.com This story is part of a series on how we learn—from augmented reality to music-training devices. Early this summer, tech entrepreneur Austen Allred was on Reddit, as he often is, when he noticed something suspicious. The coding forums he frequents, where people usually talk about JavaScript bugs and command line […]
EdSurge.com When consumers search the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, the results that come back are ranked by the average salary students make after attending. That’s just one example of the growing use and prominence of early-career earnings data in evaluating colleges. But new research argues that the metric can […]
Duane Morris August 19, 2019 Employers should review their dress and grooming policies for any requirements that may have a disparate impact on employees who belong to protected classes. Following New York City, California and New York have become the first two states to protect employees from discrimination based on natural […]