Ed Surge Mordecai I. Brownlee March 23, 2023 This semester, the Community College of Aurora rolled out the first microcredentials in its history. These short courses offer students the opportunity to study behavioral health, which aligns with jobs in our region related to human services, sociology, counseling, psychology and social work. Community colleges, which have […]
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EDSCOOP Lindsay McKenzie March 20, 2023 Educause is continuing to press the U.S. Department of Education to revise its oversight of edtech providers. Educause is continuing to work with its institutional members and other higher education organizations to get the U.S. Department of Education to reconsider its recent guidance on ‘third-party servicers,’ according to an […]
Read MoreUSA TODAY Chris Quintana March 22, 2023 The University of Phoenix has continued to receive more GI Bill funding than any other institution of higher learning, despite its history of government scrutiny for misleading military veterans. The Veterans Affairs Department sent the for-profit school $1.6 billion in GI Bill funds from 2013 to 2021 for students who […]
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Inside Higher Ed Doug Lederman March 22,2023 The educational services giant, which has been supplanted in the space by 2U, Coursera and others, sells its online services unit to a private equity firm in an unsettled landscape. Once upon a time, Pearson Education helped Arizona State University become one of the biggest online powers in higher education. […]
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