Career Education Review Jenny June 11, 2021 Career Education Corporation refund distribution, averaging more than $3,700 per person, is the largest per person average in agency’s history The Federal Trade Commission is sending nearly $30 million in refunds to people tricked by agents working on behalf of Career Education Corporation […]
Los Angeles Times Colleen Shalby June 10, 2021 California leads the nation with the largest drop in spring 2021 college enrollment numbers largely due to a steep decline in community college students, who have particularly struggled with pandemic hardships, according to a report released Thursday. The state’s overall community college […]
SJVC June 10, 2021 Three Respiratory Therapy programs at SJVC have received the 2021 Distinguished RRT Credentialing Success Award from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC). SJVC Respiratory Therapy programs at the Bakersfield, Temecula and Rancho Cordova campuses have all received the 2021 Distinguished RRT Credentialing Success Award as a recognition of the program’s success in inspiring […]
Higher Ed Dive Jeremy Bauer-Wolf June 2, 2021 UPDATE: June 9, 2020: The Senate on Tuesday passed the $250 billion U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, which means to improve the U.S.’s research competitiveness and curb Chinese influence. But lawmakers removed a provision that would have greenlit federal Pell Grants to be […]
Committee on Education and Labor June 3, 2021 The Honorable Miguel Cardona Secretary U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20202 Dear Secretary Cardona: I write regarding the U.S. Department of Education (Department) process for reviewing, approving, and monitoring for-profit college conversions to non-profit institutions. The U.S. […]
Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz June 10, 2021 Dive Brief: College enrollment fell 3.5% in the spring term compared to the prior year, representing about 600,000 fewer students and marking the steepest annual drop in a decade, according to final figures from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. A 4.9% […]
Cal Matters Mikhail Zinshteyn June 9, 2021 IN SUMMARY College faculty for decades have been seeking more money to hire full-time instructors. But could that hurt colleges financially down the line if student enrollments continue to sag? Rarely are college bean-counters skeptical of receiving more money, but a plan to […]
Career Education Review Jenny June 8, 2021 SAN MATEO, Calif., June 7, 2021—The Commission on Accreditation for Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) has awarded programmatic accreditation upon the Ultrasound Technology Program. The programmatic accreditation is for the San Mateo campus. “We went through a rigorous process to achieve the CAAHEP […]
NPR Victoria Knight June 7, 2021 Two universities are eyeing the chance to be the first to build a medical school in one of the few states without one. The jockeying of the two schools to open campuses in Montana — one a nonprofit, the other for-profit — highlights the […]
Quartz Michelle Cheng June 4, 2021 Big events can impact what students choose to do with their lives. After 9/11, universities saw increased interest in the study of the Middle East, Arabic, and homeland security. The Covid-19 crisis had put the spotlight on medicine. Now, 56% of college students are reconsidering their […]