CourtHouseNews By JENNIFER HIJAZI WASHINGTON (CN) – In a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday on the regulation of for-profit colleges, lawmakers across the aisle agreed that Congress needs to intervene against predatory behavior from private institutions like the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute and Argosy University. “There are dreams and aspirations being […]
InsideHigherEd By Paul Fein A new paper from the Manhattan Institute looks at the small but growing number of income-share agreements in higher education, which give students the option of using some of their postgraduate income to help pay for college. The ISA model “transfers risk from the student to the investor,” […]
InsideHigherEd By Mark Lieberman The Department of Education on Monday proposed to eliminate or substantially alter the existing federal definition of a credit hour, following several rounds of criticism for previous similar proposals. According to federal rules established during the Obama administration, one credit hour amounts to one hour of in-class instruction and […]
Chronicle By Terry Nguyen Colleges moved quickly on Tuesday to distance themselves from coaches and other employees charged in the wake of an investigation into an admissions-bribery scheme that federal prosecutors announced that morning. Eleven employees at eight elite universities, including athletics coaches and one administrator, were among the dozens […]
EducationDive By Ben Unglesbee UPDATE: March 12, 2019: A federal court in Ohio temporarily extended the receivership process for Dream Center Education Holdings (DCEH), according to a statement from Aaron Ament, president of the National Student Legal Defense Network, which had representatives at a hearing Monday and has represented a group of […]
Evolllution By Bill Dracos | Chief Business Practice Improvement Officer, Emory UniversityMeredith Swartz | Principal, Persenche, LLC “Corporate!” “Profit!” “Business!” These can be despised (or at least disliked) words in higher education circles. After all, we’re not all about the almighty dollar. We don’t step on the little guy to […]
Cooley By Kate Lee Carey and Caitlyn Shelby California has introduced a legislative package of seven new bills that would substantially impact institutions operating in California under the approval of or through registration with the BPPE. This is the first in a series of blog posts on these bills. With the perceived […]
RealClearEducation By Cherylyn Harley LeBon Some politicians in Washington are waging a concerted and deceitful effort to make it difficult for private, for-profit and non-profit colleges to exist. Colleges and universities that offer career-specific degrees are a top priority for their detractors, even though these institutions meet the unique needs […]
Cooley The negotiated rulemaking committee charged with considering rules affecting accreditation and innovation concluded its second session last week, during which the panel of negotiators focused heavily on revisions the US Department of Education has made to some of its most controversial accreditation proposals. For the most part, these revisions, […]
Sentinel News Wire WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and have reintroduced bicameral legislation designed to strengthen students’ ability to hold for-profit colleges accountable in court for their misconduct. The Court Legal Access & Student Support (CLASS) Act prohibits any school receiving Title IV student aid funding […]