Chronicle The announcement on Wednesday that the Education Corporation of America was closing some 70 colleges that it owns was a big shock to tens of thousands of students and employees on those campuses. It was much less of a surprise to some higher-education experts who have been following the […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: Fitch Ratings on Thursday issued a negative outlook for the higher education sector for the coming year as colleges grapple with numerous operational issues including increased competition for students, according to a client note emailed to Education Dive. In lowering the outlook from “stable” to “negative,” analysts with the […]
Legislative Analyst’s Office With a state as big, as populous, and as complex as California, quickly summarizing how its economy or state budget works is impossible. Instead, Cal Facts is a visual guide—using a variety of different charts—to the state’s economy, revenues, and major program trends. The Legislative Analyst’s Office […]
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 […]