Ed Surge by Sydney Johnson Grand Canyon Education, a publicly-traded education company, announced today it has sold Grand Canyon University for $875 million to form a nonprofit. The move is the latest step in Grand Canyon University’s slow path towards reverting to a nonprofit institution. The Phoenix-based university was founded […]
National Review Anyone living in the Washington, D.C., metro area has surely seen or heard advertisements for the University of Maryland University College, an open-enrollment branch of the state’s university system. The school saturates the TV and radio airwaves, as well as city buses and the metro subway system, with […]
Inside Higher Ed “Maryville … is that in Ohio?” a source asked. Actually, Maryville University, a small private nonprofit institution, is about 22 miles from downtown St. Louis. The institution may not be particularly well-known. But if Mark Lombardi, the university’s president, succeeds with his plans for Maryville, it will become a national […]
ACICS Statement from Michelle Edwards, President of ACICS on the Release of the 2018 Draft Staff Report Background: In response to the recent release by the U.S. Department of Education of a March 2018 Draft Staff Report regarding ACICS recognition, it is important to understand that the Draft Staff Report was exactly […]
Ed Surge by Tony Wan Another coding bootcamp has kicked the bucket. Learners Guild, which offered a 10-month program for aspiring software engineers, has shut down. The following note now appears on the website of the Oakland, California-based company: “Nearly three years ago, we set out to create a radically accessible […]
Education Dive by James Paterson Selingo wrote that at leading American institutions often only 10% of students who apply are admitted and even some top-tier public state universities are becoming more selective rather than growing. He said the trend began in the 1950s and 1960s when states built new universities to […]
Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain Government will not require colleges to publicly disclose data about their vocational programs’ graduate employment rates or debt levels — requirements under the Obama-era “gainful-employment” rule — until after U.S. Department of Education can rewrite the regulation. The department announced in a filing Friday that it will […]
University Business FINANCIAL AID Students promise to pay tuition fees Communicating students’ obligation to pay via financial responsibility agreements Nancy Mann Jackson July 26, 2017 Top topics for a student financial responsibility agreement. While the concept may seem unnecessary, a formal document—signed by each student—that states tuition payments are, in fact, expected […]
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