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Tag: For Profit
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A GAO Report Prompts Scrutiny of For-profit College Conversions
The trend of for-profit colleges converting to nonprofits has been in the spotlight recently after a January report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
February 5, 2021
Students
Rep. Velázquez Urges DeVos To Reverse Student Loan Proposal
U.S Representative Nydia M. Velázquez D-N.Y sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Department of Education Betsy DeVos this week urging her to reverse a proposal that would make it more difficult for students deceived by colleges and universities to receive loan relief. Velázquez wrote in the letter that in the state of New […]
August 29, 2018
News Roundup
Dean of Troubled Charlotte School of Law Steps Down
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The dean of the troubled Charlotte School of Law is stepping down. The Charlotte Observer reports that Jay Conison led the for-profit school for almost four years. The school announced his departure Monday afternoon. The statement said Conison will remain on the faculty. A longtime faculty member, Scott Broyles, will serve as […]
March 21, 2017
Students
Amid Scrutiny, For-profit Colleges See Enrollment Slide
Some of the nation’s largest for-profit colleges are suffering steep declines in enrollment amid growing competition, new regulation and government pressure that led to the collapse this month of one of the industry’s biggest players, ITT Technical Institute. The industry has been losing students for the past six years, but the crisis appears to be […]
September 22, 2016
Students
Report: U.S. Didn’t Find Trouble at College Before it Failed
WASHINGTON — Education Department reviewers found in 2013 that a major for-profit college chain had systematically raised students’ tuitions without properly telling them. As a result, the U.S. government demanded a refund — but only for the handful of students whose records had led to the discovery. Though the company’s schools had more than 100,000 […]
April 12, 2016
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