Community College Daily Alexis Gravely and David Baime January 8, 2024 Negotiators convene today for the first of three sessions held by the U.S. Education Department (ED) to develop new regulations on institutional quality and program integrity. Topics under consideration include accreditation, distance education, state authorization and “Return of Title […]
Inside Higher Ed Laura Spitalniak January 5, 2024 The American Association of Cosmetology Schools said the rule is based on a “flawed” debt-to-earnings ratio. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education is being sued over its new gainful employment rule by a trade organization representing postsecondary beauty schools. The American Association of […]
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott January 5, 2024 The trade association representing cosmetology schools is suing the Biden administration to block its new gainful-employment rule from taking effect. The lawsuit from the American Association of Cosmetology Schools, filed Dec. 22 in the Northern District of Texas, argues that the rule would jeopardize the “very […]
Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott January 5, 2024 The Education Department wants to ensure that accreditors and states are doing their part to hold colleges accountable. The Education Department wants greater oversight over colleges and universities and the entities that oversee them, and it’s eyeing a number of ways to […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz January 3, 2024 The federal agency has accused the university of misrepresenting itself as a nonprofit and misleading students about its doctoral program costs. The Federal Trade Commission sued Grand Canyon University and its educational services provider last week, alleging that the institution deceived students about […]
CNA Catholic News Agency Joe Bukuras January 2, 2024 There is growing interest in the trades for many families around the country, according to the leaders of postsecondary Catholic trade institutions, and it comes amid major skilled-labor shortages in the U.S. According to the 2023 Career Advancement in Manufacturing Report by Xometry, […]
The Northern Virginia Daily Trey Rorie January 4, 2024 As the cost of college continues to climb, more young people are turning to trade schools to learn the skills they need to get a job. “I think society has been pushing the idea on students that success equals a four-year […]
FOX Business Breck Dumas December 29, 2023 Grand Canyon University President Brian Mueller says FTC allegations are ‘height of absurdity’ Grand Canyon University (GCU) President Brian Mueller says the allegations made in the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit against the school this week are “the height of absurdity” and further proof of […]
SJVC December 5, 2023 Over the last 70 years, Valley Children’s Healthcare has become a nationally respected pediatric healthcare network. With more than 670 physicians and 3,500 staff members, Valley Children’s delivers high-quality, comprehensive care to more than 1.3 million children. It has become one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in […]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Lindsay Cates and Stephanie Ferguson December 19, 2023 America is facing a worker shortage crisis: There are too many open jobs without people to fill them. The interactive map below shows which states are suffering the most from a labor shortage by comparing their Worker Shortage […]