La ist Julia Barajas October 15, 2024 A local, for-profit college has been advertising a free nurse assistant training program on major intersections across L.A. County. The program offers classroom and hands-on training where students can learn best practices, along with the legal responsibilities involved in this form of care. Prestige Career […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz, Laura Spitalniak and Ben Unglesbee October 14, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have pitched policy plans that could affect everything from accreditation to student loans. As the 2024 presidential election has drawn closer, it’s become more clear how the candidates […]
Best Colleges Matthew Arrojas October 9, 2024 Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have vastly different views of regulations impacting for-profit colleges such as gainful employment and borrower defense. President Joe Biden has aggressively pursued oversight of for-profit colleges while in office. The future of his regulations may be dependent on […]
Inside Higher Ed Liam Knox October 10, 2024 A new report shows institutions are turning away from beleaguered online program managers en masse. Is it the end of the road for a once-thriving sector? Colleges’ interest in partnering with outside companies to run their online programs has plummeted, according to […]
On Ed Tech Phil Hill & Glenda Morgan October 9, 2024 A couple of days ago, Inside Higher Ed published an article titled “Online Learners Earned Fewer Degrees Than Their Peers During For-Profit College Boom,” based on what they referred to as a “a report published last week by Third Way, a […]
Inside Higher Ed Johanna Alonso October 11, 2024 Nearly one in four college graduates wish they had either pursued a different educational path, like community college or an apprenticeship, or skipped college altogether, according to a new USA TODAY Blueprint Loans report. A slightly higher number, 31 percent, say they wish they had […]
Inside Higher Ed Liam Knox October 7, 2024 Just hours after a federal judge allowed the Biden administration’s new student loan forgiveness plan to proceed, another judge blocked it. U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall, a George W. Bush appointee in Georgia, allowed a temporary two-week injunction against the plan to expire Thursday, […]
Campus Technology Rhea Kelly October 7, 2024 Educause recently released the 2024 Cybersecurity and Privacy Edition of its Horizon Report series, forecasting key trends, technologies, and practices shaping the future of cybersecurity and privacy in higher education. The report pulls together insights from 39 expert panelists from around the globe, who ranked trends […]
CECU Career education is a vital pipeline to high demand jobs in the workforce. Students from all walks of life benefit from the opportunity to pursue thei… Show more Episodes Are For-Profit Colleges Being Unfairly Targeted? Biden administration officials at the Department of Education are engaging in a pattern of unfair […]
The Hechinger Report Josh Cowen October 8, 2024 Expect a new era of isolation, separatism and a “politics of humiliation” in education As a political scientist with a background in policy analysis, I used to approach questions about policy plans in terms of which had data behind them and which […]