Inside Higher Ed The Century Foundation released a report Thursday detailing the “deeply unsettling picture” of online program management companies’ involvement in higher education. The report adds to recent scrutiny of the companies. And the progressive think tank advised colleges to steer clear of for-profit OPMs that incorporate tuition sharing, lengthy terms and bundled […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: The punch is largely gone from a package of bills designed to raise scrutiny of for-profit colleges in California, the result of a successful lobbying effort to blunt its impact, CalMatters reported. The for-profit and online education sectors spent about $800,000 lobbying state lawmakers in the first […]
Inside Higher Ed A majority of college students in California believe that college costs and balancing school with work inhibit their ability to succeed, according to initial survey findings released Thursday by the California Student Aid Commission. This is the first time in more than a decade that the commission has conducted […]
Inside Higher Ed The Center for Excellence in Higher Education, a for-profit college chain based in Salt Lake City, is halting enrollment of new students at physical locations as it looks to shift to mostly online instruction. “We’re going through a reevaluation of what is the right model for delivery […]
Chronicle.com Every semester I teach a journalism course at the University of Kansas on design basics for 80 to 100 students. One day I noticed that a student who attended every class had not been turning in his weekly journal assignment. I asked him to see me after class. As […]
Inside Higher Ed In one of the most significant strikes against the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s system of amateur athletics, California lawmakers have approved a bill that would allow players in the state to profit off their name, image and likeness. The adoption of the bill is likely to set up a battle between […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: The punch is largely gone from a package of bills designed to raise scrutiny of for-profit colleges in California, the result of a successful lobbying effort to blunt its impact, CalMatters reported. The for-profit and online education sectors spent about $800,000 lobbying state lawmakers in the first […]
Inside Higher Ed Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, warned the court-appointed receiver for a defunct for-profit college chain not to collect on debts owed by former students. Education Corporation of America, which operated the Virginia College and Brightwood College chains, abruptly closed 70 campuses across the country in December after struggling […]
Inside Higher Ed The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has suspended its contract with the California State Approving Agency for Veterans Education, according to KCBX, ending the agency’s ability to authorize colleges to be eligible to receive funds from Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. The VA has had several complex disputes with […]
Inside Higher Ed Hundreds of college programs that enroll military service members and veterans have gone years without adequate oversight to determine if they are delivering quality education, according to a recent audit by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General. As a result, more than $1.54 million in federal […]