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DeVry Under New Ownership

DeVry Under New Ownership

Inside Higher Ed DeVry Under New Ownership By Ashley A. Smith December 5, 2017 Adtalem Global Education, the company that owns DeVry University, announced Monday that ownership of the for-profit institution would transfer to Cogswell Education LLC. The transfer deal also includes Keller Graduate School of Management. The agreement would still need federal […]

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New Higher Education Reform Bill Will Help Low-Income Americans Go To College

New Higher Education Reform Bill Will Help Low-Income Americans Go To College

Forbes New Higher Education Reform Bill Will Help Low-Income Americans Go To College  Ames Brown , CONTRIBUTOR Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.), chairwoman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, will introduce a landmark proposal to overhaul the way the federal government funds and […]

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Calif. Attorney General Sues For-Profit Ashford

Calif. Attorney General Sues For-Profit Ashford

Inside Higher Ed Calif. Attorney General Sues For-Profit Ashford By Ashley A. Smith November 30, 2017 California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against for-profit Ashford University and its parent company, Bridgepoint Education. Becerra alleges that Ashford made false promises and provided faulty information to students to persuade them to enroll. The lawsuit […]

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Education Department Signals Possible Changes to Gainful-Employment Rule

Education Department Signals Possible Changes to Gainful-Employment Rule

Inside Higher Ed Education Department Signals Possible Changes to Gainful-Employment Rule By Andrew Kreighbaum November 30, 2017  In documents released this week ahead of a negotiated rulemaking session on the gainful employment rule, the Department of Education signaled potential limits to Obama era regulation that went into effect last year. The […]

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Obama holdovers play GI Bill veterans as pawns in bid to undermine for-profit college, school says

Obama holdovers play GI Bill veterans as pawns in bid to undermine for-profit college, school says

The Washington Times Obama holdovers play GI Bill veterans as pawns in bid to undermine for-profit college, school says The education of more than 10,000 veterans and active-duty military students could be disrupted if the Department of Veterans Affairs suspends Ashford University’s eligibility for GI Bill tuition payments and approval […]

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House GOP to Propose Sweeping Changes to Higher Education

House GOP to Propose Sweeping Changes to Higher Education

The Wall Street Journal Revamp would put caps on student loans, foster new paths to work force By Douglas Belkin, Josh Mitchell and Melissa Korn Updated Nov. 29, 2017 5:39 p.m. ET The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives this week will propose sweeping legislation that aims to change where Americans go to college, […]

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