Online Course Enrollment Grows in Face of Shrinking College Enrollment
Campus Technology The share of college students taking online courses has grown, up by about 6 percent, even as the overall number of people enrolled in higher education institutions dropped by about half a percent. According to preliminary numbers issued by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, […]
California community colleges reject state aid tied to allowing students to seek federal loans
Ed Source For years 22 California community colleges did not participate in the federal student loan program, blocking students from taking out federal loans to cover their educational expenses. A few never allowed their students to take out federal loans. Many stopped participating because they feared too many of their […]
Colleges step up to help students of closed Brightwood College
Review Journal At least four area institutions are stepping up to help students who were displaced by last week’s sudden closure of Brightwood College, a private for-profit nursing school. Brightwood College on Sahara Avenue — which has also been known as Professional Careers, Inc., Heritage College and Kaplan College since 1990 — […]
Legislative Analyst’s Office: Cal Facts Report 2018
Legislative Analyst’s Office With a state as big, as populous, and as complex as California, quickly summarizing how its economy or state budget works is impossible. Instead, Cal Facts is a visual guide—using a variety of different charts—to the state’s economy, revenues, and major program trends. The Legislative Analyst’s Office […]
Trump, DeVos Revive For Profit Education
NewsMax If there is one thing Americans agree upon today is that public higher education in the U.S. is a mess. A is the most popular grade today and the C is considered an “endangered species.” The good news is that the Trump administration is working to make things better. U.S. Secretary […]
Coming to a Shopping Mall Near You: Georgia Tech?
Georgia Tech moves forward with plans to create storefronts for its online education programs, joining a growing number of institutions offering hybrid online learning experiences. Inside Higher Ed by Lindsay McKenzie Georgia Institute of Technology is considering creating brick-and-mortar “storefronts” for prospective and current students to sample its course offerings, listen to […]
Can For-Profit Colleges Rebound?
Education Next This year’s meeting of the for-profit higher-education industry’s principal membership association was held at Walt Disney World—which, for the 1,000 people who attended, might have seemed the second most magical place on earth. First place, at the moment, is Washington, D.C., where friends and allies have created a regulatory reprieve […]
Caution on Expanding Community College 4-Year Degrees
Inside Higher Ed By Ashley A. Smith The move by a growing number of community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees has generated excitement, especially in California, where the first crop of students in a pilot program are expected to graduate this spring. But a recent report from the state Legislature’s independent policy analysis […]
The Skills Gap Is Real
Chronicle of Higher Education To the Editor: Your recent interview, “Skills Gap ‘Is a Fiction’” (The Chronicle, November 11), represents the best of intellectual diversity. But we do all of higher education a real disservice if we believe the interview, or ignore the importance of middle-skills job. Yes, most graduates of […]