Inside Higher Ed 2-Year Delay for State Authorization Rule U.S. (again) pushes back controversial regulation requiring online programs to gain approval from states in which they operate, this time to 2020. By Doug Lederman May 25, 2018 The U.S. Education Department formally announced in today’s Federal Register what it had implied two weeks ago: […]
Inside Higher Ed Jerry Brown: Higher Ed Should Be Like Chipotle By Scott Jaschik May 25, 2018 California Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, is in his last year in office, and he got in some swipes at higher education during a speech Wednesday at the California Chamber of Commerce. “What I […]
Inside Higher Ed New Accreditation Panel on Nonprofit Conversions By Andrew Kreighbaum May 25, 2018 The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, which oversees the country’s higher ed accrediting bodies, voted Thursday to have a subcommittee study oversight questions involved in for-profit colleges seeking to reclassify as nonprofit entities. […]
AEI Jorge Klor de Alva, Mark Schneider May 17, 2018 | American Enterprise Institute SHAREMark as favorite Apprenticeships and Community Colleges: Do They Have a Future Together? Education Key Points Apprenticeships, which combine on-the-job training and academic coursework, are often considered the gold standard of workforce training and have attracted substantial bipartisan […]
Inside Higher Ed The Invisible Boot Camp Trilogy Education Services runs coding boot camps for a growing number of universities. The partnerships are lucrative for the institutions, but are they worth the reputational risk? By Lindsay McKenzie May 17, 2018 The homepage of Trilogy Education Services’ website prominently displays the phrase “Universities Trust […]
Education Dive Stackable degrees could be the future of higher education, experts say AUTHOR Shalina Chatlani@chatlanis PUBLISHED May 9, 2018 Dive Brief: The alternative credential market is growing and the pace will not slow down, higher education experts said during a Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board briefing last week […]
NASFAA ED Announces Slew of New Negotiated Rulemaking Sessions, Time Frame for Release of Proposed Rules on Gainful Employment, Borrower Defense By Joelle Fredman, NASFAA Staff Reporter The Department of Education (ED) yesterday announced intentions to initiate negotiated rulemaking for regulations related to state authorization, accreditation, access to high quality and innovative […]
The Hill If you are a liberal education activist or liberal senator, you have fallen on hard times. You don’t have an opportunity to ram your misguided agenda through the Department of Education, the Congress or the White House, so what does one do? Perhaps round up a few of […]
CooleyED A Busy Week for the Gainful Employment Rule Jonathon Glass, Kate Lee Carey and Alyssa Saunders The Department of Education continues to take steps to implement certain aspects of the current GE Rule that may lead it to publish a second set of GE Rates, while also arguing in court that it has […]
Education Dive DeVos considers reinstatement of for-profit accrediting body Jarrett Carter| May 3, 2018 Dive Brief: U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is considering whether to cut off federal funding for dozens of for-profit colleges serving more than 100,000 students, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. She must decide if the […]