Career Education Colleges and Universities Following the release of the U.S. Department of Education’s proposal to expand the College Scorecard to include outcomes data on programs in higher education, Steve Gunderson, President and CEO of Career Education Colleges and Universities, released the below statement: “This proposal represents the most significant […]
Higher Ed by James Paterson Dive Brief: A California newspaper is reporting that large out-of-state universities are blanketing the state with marketing materials to entice students to enroll in their online programs. One source said one reason for this uptick in markeCalifornia has had difficulty meeting demand from its residents for its […]
Chronicle of Higher Education By Eric Kelderman In its latest move to unmake policies and regulations, many of them put in place under President Obama, the U.S. Department of Education announced on Monday a new round of rulemaking on more than a dozen topics, most notably accreditation. The department will consider issues […]
Chronicle of Higher Education by Andy Thomason The Education Department plans to repeal the gainful-employment rule, which sought to punish higher-education programs whose graduates bear a high level of student-loan debt, according to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.Experts had predicted that the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, aimed to weaken […]
Inside Higher Ed by Scott Jaschik A new survey of the U.S. public suggests continued problems regarding the image of higher education — and negative perceptions are not limited to Republicans. A solid majority of all adults (61 percent) believe that higher education is headed in the wrong direction, according to a […]
Education Dive Dive Brief: The merger between Capella University’s parent company, Capella Education Company, and Strayer Education Inc., the parent company of Strayer University, has been approved by the Higher Learning Commission and is expected to close on or before Aug. 1. The resulting company will be named Strategic Education Inc., […]
Education Dive by Shalina Chatlani Dive Brief: International students face a number of concerns with language differences, family income, legal and regulatory constraints in a tight visa application process. They may also feel a sense of anxiety, especially now with a Supreme Court decision to uphold President Donald Trump’s travel ban, wrote Brad […]
Chronicle by Sarah Brown U.S. Department of Education and the Workforce? That’s what the Trump administration envisions in its new 132-page framework for merging the Education and Labor Departments, as part of a broader overhaul of the federal government. The departments, officials wrote in the proposal, “share a common goal […]
NPR ED By Ashley Gross and Jon Marcus Garret Morgan (center) is training as an ironworker near Seattle and already has a job that pays him $50,000 a year. Sy Bean/The Hechinger Report Like most other American high school students, Garret Morgan had it drummed into him constantly: Go to […]
NPR ED By Elissa Nadworny There’s been a lot of attention lately on low-income students on campus — mostly on how to recruit them and how to make them feel welcome. For good reason: Pell Grant recipients make up about a third of the undergraduate student population in the U.S., […]