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It’s Time Colleges Stopped Feeling Shame About Mergers

It’s Time Colleges Stopped Feeling Shame About Mergers

Chronicle.com By Goldie Blumenstyk  Merger: Not a dirty word. College mergers aren’t necessarily a sign of something bad. They shouldn’t be seen as just a last-ditch gambit by a college on the brink. In fact, mergers are a tactic that any number of successful colleges should probably think about right […]

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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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