Tag: Proprietary Colleges & Universities: Page 2

Community Colleges

For-profit College Targets Attorney General Conway in Election

Leaders at Sullivan University, which has its main campus in Louisville, asked employees during an Aug. 3 training session to contribute $25 each to attorney general candidate Todd P’Pool, according to The Courier-Journal and the Lexington Herald-Leader.

August 11, 2011

Community Colleges

U.S. Justice Dept. Accuses For-profit College of Breaking Law

The Obama administration and four states are accusing a private, for-profit college of illegally paying recruiters to enroll students in an $11 billion fraud, the latest action in a long-running examination of the industry’s recruitment techniques.

August 9, 2011

Students

For-profit Colleges Respond to Increased Scrutiny

Now, the industry will see if it can still make healthy profits from its challenging demographic — low-income workers, older students and those with spotty academic backgrounds — while being much more accountable for its results.

August 8, 2011

Students

Perspective: Top Five Ways Universities Can Innovate To Thrive

America’s colleges and universities are facing a period of “disruptive innovation,” with new ideas and technologies potentially sweeping away established institutions.

August 2, 2011

Community Colleges

Feds’ For-Profit Rule Gets Mixed Feedback

After a year of spirited debate on accountability of for-profit colleges, new federal regulations designed to curb abuses in the sector are getting a lukewarm response from many educators.

July 21, 2011

Home

Federal Officials Release College Cost Comparisons

The U.S. Education Department released its College Affordability and Transparency lists on Thursday to fulfill a reporting requirement passed into law in 2008; the online lists track tuition costs among the most and least expensive 5 percent of four-year and two-year schools.

June 30, 2011

Home

Report: Low-income Students ‘Overrepresented’ at For-Profit Colleges

After analyzing publicly available data, IHEP finds that fewer low-income students are choosing public, four-year institutions—and more are defecting to for-profit colleges.

June 21, 2011

Students

Senate Committee Puts For-profits Back in Spotlight Following Education Department Ruling

The for-profit college sector underwent tough scrutiny Tuesday from members of the U.S. Senate committee that has been leading the charge for tighter controls over the proprietary schools accused of preying on minorities and the poor.

June 7, 2011

Students

Big Student Debt Could Limit Schools’ Financial Aid Access

Newly-released federal rules aimed at for-profit schools stipulate that, if graduates owe too much relative to their income or too few former students are paying back their tuition loans on time, institutions stand to lose access to Pell grants and federal student aid.

June 2, 2011

Students

Pell Institute Releases Research on DeVry

In an effort to distinguish itself within the embattled for-profit college sector, DeVry Inc. presented research that portrays the company as using effective student-centered practices for helping low-income students.

May 11, 2011

Students

Military Spending Becomes Latest Battleground of For-Profit Colleges

For-profit colleges are facing a new challenge from congressional Democrats as some lawmakers have questioned the steep rise in military tuition benefits going to high-cost proprietary schools.

April 6, 2011

African-American

HBCUs Must Embrace Online Education

Black college leaders recognize the importance of distance learning but remain hesitant to take the online leap, writes online education expert.

April 3, 2011