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Tag: Proprietary Colleges & Universities: Page 3
Students
Gainful Employment Gets Another Look on Capitol Hill
Few solutions are offered and some argue there are bigger problems to tackle.
March 20, 2011
African-American
Arne Duncan Says Education is Key to Improving Economic Conditions
The education secretary pointed to the 41 states that have raised their K-12 standards as success stories that will benefit children from underserved communities.
February 28, 2011
Community Colleges
Civil Right Groups Urge Congress to Protect ‘Gainful Employment’ Rule
Citing the need to protect students of color, civil rights organizations Wednesday urged Congress to reject a House Republican plan that would prevent the Obama administration from issuing new rules on the operation of for-profit career colleges.
February 16, 2011
Community Colleges
Lawmakers Target Obama Plan on For-Profit Colleges
A pair of Washington lawmakers say they will seek to limit federal Education Department spending on an Obama administration Biographies Plus Newsplan designed to better track students’ academic performance at for-profit colleges.
February 15, 2011
Students
New Federal Data Show Rising Student Loan Default Rates
The federal government’s new system to calculate student loan default rates – while highlighting the problems of many for-profit colleges – also may pose risks for some minority-serving institutions that are seeing their rates increase as well.
February 13, 2011
Students
Civil Rights Groups Express Support for Gainful Employment Rules
The Obama administration’s efforts to step up oversight of for-profit colleges got a key endorsement when a group of civil rights leaders announced support for the proposed rules.
February 7, 2011
Community Colleges
Catching Up With Walter Bumphus
Dr. Walter Bumphus sits down with Diverse to discuss his plans as head of the AACC.
February 6, 2011
Students
For-profit Colleges Fight for Credibility; Industry Leaders Claim Federal Report Tarnishes Schools’ Reputations
Colleges claim bias, inaccuracy in GAO report.
January 10, 2011
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Reporter Fabricated Sources In College Debt Story
The weekly alternative newspaper The Village Voice has pulled a freelance writer’s piece on college debt after concluding he fabricated sources and quotes, prompting a separate review by the Daily News of dozens of articles the writer contributed to the tabloid.
January 9, 2011
Students
Along With Increased Scrutiny of For-profits, Harvard Economist Urges Transparency for All Institutions
Dr. Bridget Terry Long says traditional higher education institutions should be providing more information about how valuable the schooling they provide will be in the workplace.
December 5, 2010
Community Colleges
Momentum Grows for Trading Life, Job Experience for Academic Credit
Universities and colleges are being pressed to increase graduation rates and speed up the time it takes for students to complete degrees by awarding college credit for their life and work experience.
December 1, 2010
Students
Report: For-profit Schools Likened to Subprime Mortgage Lenders
The embattled for-profit college sector has taken another hit with the release of a new report that indicts the industry for preying on low-income and minority students in a way that will ultimately lead to a financial catastrophe like the subprime mortgage collapse of 2008.
November 23, 2010
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