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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

Hechinger Report The last decade has seen widespread ‘degree inflation.’ But a growing movement of employers, workers and training groups offers a rebuke to a culture that exalts a bachelor’s as the gold standard for upward mobility by LAWRENCE LANAHAN BOSTON — Ryan Tillman-French sat at his seventh-floor desk early on […]

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Private equity’s role in the rise — and fall — of for-profit colleges

Private equity’s role in the rise — and fall — of for-profit colleges

EducationDive By Ben Unglesbee Investors funneled billions of dollars into the sector during and after the recession, and they may be gearing up for another round. In 2006, a group of private equity firms that included Goldman Sachs acquired the for-profit college operator Education Management Corp. (EDMC) in a $3.4 billion leveraged buyout. […]

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LAO – Evaluation of Cal Grant C Program

LAO – Evaluation of Cal Grant C Program

LAO The Legislative Analyst’s Office has just published the following report: Evaluation of Cal Grant C ProgramThe Cal Grant C program provides financial aid to students in career technical education (CTE) programs. Legislation enacted in 2011 and 2014 changed the rules for prioritizing among program applicants. The new rules give […]

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Rival Publishers Join Forces

Rival Publishers Join Forces

InsideHigherEd By Lindsay McKensie Publishers Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education Wednesday announced plans to merge and operate under the name McGraw Hill. As two big players in an industry with few players at the top, the merger is significant. In addition to changing the dynamic between the biggest publishers, the merger […]

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Gallup Study: WGU Alum Exceed Average in Positive Metrics

Gallup Study: WGU Alum Exceed Average in Positive Metrics

DiverseEducation.com By LaMont Jones WASHINGTON – Employers are increasingly demanding employees who are competently trained to meet workplace needs, and a new Gallup study indicates that graduates of online-based Western Governors University are more satisfied than others in a range of school-work-life areas. The study, unveiled at an event Tuesday […]

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Subsidies, not profits, have crumbled the ivory tower

Subsidies, not profits, have crumbled the ivory tower

TheHill.com BY TODD J. ZYWICKI AND NEAL MCCLUSKEY It’s not looking good for higher education. Student-loan debt is approaching $1.6 trillion, $400 billion more than car loans and $600 billion more than credit card debt. A 2017 NBC News-Wall Street Journal Poll found that 47 percent of Americans think that a college degree […]

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