Inside Higher Ed Heather Hiles, an entrepreneur and Gates Foundation alum, will lead the new institution, launching this fall with competency-based certificate programs for the state’s adults. By Mark Lieberman California’s new online community college has made a key hire, pending approval today from the institution’s Board of Trustees. Heather Hiles, an entrepreneur […]
Education Dive Court filings blame revenue tens of millions of dollars short of what its previous owner projected. By Ben Unglesbee January 23, 2019 Dream Center Education Holdings (DCEH) went into receivership last week, shortly after making a deal to transfer control of most of the remaining campuses in the Art Institutes chain. The […]
Inside Higher Ed The U.S. Department of Education is contemplating going back to the drawing board on complex rules governing authority to operate online programs in multiple states. By Lindsay McKenzie January 23, 2019 Controversial regulations requiring online institutions to be authorized to operate in multiple states were up for debate […]
EducationDive By Ben Unglesbee January 20, 2019 On the evening of Dec. 4, Lane Goodwin, a program manager with the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, saw an email from Education Corporation of America’s (ECA) primary accreditor. The email notified the for-profit operator and affected state officials that most of ECA’s colleges […]
Career Education Review The U.S. Department of Education has release the list of committee members. Here is the list. For additional information including the materials handed out visit the negotiated rulemaking page here.
InsideHigherEd By Ashley A. Smith January 7, 2019 For-profit cosmetology operators in Iowa used legal threats to prevent competition with lower-priced community colleges, according to The New York Times, but the case appears to be an outlier. On at least one occasion, a for-profit cosmetology college used a state law to stop […]
Fool.com Shares of Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) have crushed the market over the last one, five, and 10 years. At our Motley Fool member event in Denver in October, Motley Fool Chief Investment Officer Andy Cross talked with Grand Canyon Education CEO Brian Mueller about the business of education, the price of college, […]
Inside Higher Ed As the for-profit college chain Education Corporation of America navigated financial turmoil, accreditation challenges and federal sanctions during the past two years, it drew on the expertise of a board member with deep experience in federal higher education policy. John Kline, chairman of the U.S. House of […]
Career Education Review SAN MARCOS, Calif., Dec. 19, 2018 — UEI College, a national provider of career training, continues to focus on their mission of improving lives and communities by making hands-on education available to students through community partnerships. This year, Sherlock Plumbing, Heating & Air chose UEI College as […]
Inside Higher Ed About 30 colleges are shutting their doors at the end of this month, nearly a year after becoming the latest group of for-profit institutions to convert to nonprofit status. The colleges, most of which are part of the once renowned Art Institutes brand, are owned by the […]