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Colleges and universities must now report all litigation to the U.S. Department of Education
Thompson Coburn, LLC By Aaron Lacey On March 15,...
California Mulls Crackdown on Online Partnerships
InsideHigherEd Bills targeting for-profit institutions in California would prohibit...
Deadline Draws Near for Compliance with U.S. Department of Education’s 2016 Borrower Defense to Repayment (BDR) Rule
DuaneMorris May 8, 2019 Institutions have ongoing reporting obligations...
It’s Time Colleges Stopped Feeling Shame About Mergers
Chronicle.com By Goldie Blumenstyk Merger: Not a dirty word....
UEI College in Encino Campus’ Students Are Dedicated to Community Service!
Career Education Review ENCINO, Calif., May 6, 2019 —...
What if we hired for skills, not degrees?
Hechinger Report The last decade has seen widespread ‘degree...
Private equity’s role in the rise — and fall — of for-profit colleges
EducationDive By Ben Unglesbee Investors funneled billions of dollars...
LAO – Evaluation of Cal Grant C Program
LAO The Legislative Analyst’s Office has just published the...
State Authorization Lawsuit: Court and Ed Department Need to Work Together to Avoid Causing More Confusion for Students and Institutions
WECT As one of my favorite columnists, Dave Barry,...
Lowe’s has come out swinging in the war for talent with a new campaign to fill millions of skilled trades jobs
BusinessInsider Lowe’s wants to make plumbers, electricians, and mechanics...
San Joaquin Valley College Joins Movement To Rebuild The Skilled Trade Workforce
VISALIA, Calif., April 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — San Joaquin Valley College (SJVC)...
National American University is latest for-profit chain to face financial turmoil
InsideHigherEd By Andrew Kreighbaum As Democratic lawmakers raked many for-profit colleges...
Rival Publishers Join Forces
InsideHigherEd By Lindsay McKensie Publishers Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education...
Gallup Study: WGU Alum Exceed Average in Positive Metrics
DiverseEducation.com By LaMont Jones WASHINGTON – Employers are increasingly...
Subsidies, not profits, have crumbled the ivory tower
TheHill.com BY TODD J. ZYWICKI AND NEAL MCCLUSKEY It’s...
North-West College (NWC) Prepares to Move Campus to Anaheim, California
CareerEducationNews Current Santa Ana Campus to Move to Anaheim...
Poll: Voters Oppose Free College, Loan Forgiveness
InsideHigherEd By Ashley Smith A new Quinnipiac University poll finds 52 percent...
Crisis for Another For-Profit
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum National American University...
Judge orders end to Dream Center’s ill-fated receivership
Education Dive By Ben Unglesbee Dive Brief: A federal...
As Trump rolls back student loan protections, an Obama-era watchdog brings the fight to California
CalMatters By Felicia Mello Seth Frotman was traveling from the...
Ed Dept: New accreditation rules will be ‘more aggressive’ to prevent abrupt college closures
Education Dive By Natalie Schwartz@nmschwartz23 Dive Brief: Diane Auer...
A Wake-Up Call to Help Student Loan Borrowers
InsideHigherED.com By Catharine B. Hill and Will Sealy April 23, 2019...
CECU Statement on Senator Warren’s Proposal to Eliminate Career Education Colleges and Universities
Career.org 4/23/2019 Today, after the publication of Senator Elizabeth...
DeVos rightly stands firm on education reform
VVDailyPress By Gerard Scimeca InsideSources.com Even prior to the...
How Bad Is For-Profit Higher Education, Actually?
The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal For...
California Presses Forward with Bill to Ban OPM Tuition Share Arrangements
Cooley Last week, the California Assembly Higher Education Committee...
Feds Recommend Colleges Clarify Financial Aid Offers
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum The Education Department...
Student Loan Servicers’ Fight over Federal Preemption of State Regulation of May End Up in the Supreme Court
JDSupra In courts across the country, servicers are facing...
Which Colleges Failed the Latest Financial Responsibility Test?
RobertKelchen.com Every year, the U.S. Department of Education is...
Why Arizona State is using a for-profit to help expand workforce partnerships
Education Dive By Ben Unglesbee It’s been five years...
A Crisis in Confidence in Higher Ed
GALLUP By Stephanie Marken Confidence in higher education in the...
New Rules for Accreditors
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum WASHINGTON — Trump administration...
Recent Developments in State Authorization
Cooley As outlined in our previous posts on proposed...
Few Lessons Learned on For-Profit Closures
InsideHigherEd By Andrew Kreighbaum The Dream Center, a Los...
At Long Last…ED Issues Guidance Regarding Implementation of the 2016 Borrower Defense to Repayment Rules
Cooley By Kate Lee Carey Following a court ruling...
We must support veterans and not politicize their education
THEHILL.com BY DANIEL ELKINS — 04/01/19 Congressional hearings on...
Private colleges wary as California legislator calls for crackdown on legacy admits
CalMatters By Felicia Mello | March 30, 2019 The nationwide scandal...
California legislators propose college admissions reform
Education Dive By Hallie Busta Dive Brief: Legislation put...
California Proposals Would Rewrite Rules for Many Nonprofit Institutions
Cooley March 21, 2019 As discussed in two prior...
Getting past the ‘false dichotomy’ in online learning
Education Dive by Hallie Busta Marni Baker Stein, chief...
Outsourcing is growing at most campuses, college leaders say
Education Dive by James Paterson ive Brief: The large...
UEI College’s Chula Vista Campus Announces Launch of Automotive Technician Program & Move to New, Fully-equipped Facility
Career Education Review CHULA VISTA, Calif., March 27, 2019...
Democratic Legislation Targets For-Profit Colleges
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum Senator Maggie Hassan, a...
Report: More college closures ahead
Education Dive By Ben Unglesbee Dive Brief: With enrollment...
The Myth Of Nonprofit Higher Ed
Forbes By Neal McCluskey If the Varsity Blues bribery and cheating...
California Community Colleges Formally Shift Away From Placement Exams
InsideHigherEd By Ashley A. Smith The California Community Colleges Board...
How Many Public Universities Can ‘Go Big’ Online?
InsideHigherEd By Doug Lederman and Mark Lieberman From Massachusetts to California,...
By the numbers: A look at for-profits’ latest quarter
EducationDive The latter part of 2018 made for a...
California community colleges show little progress in student graduations and transfers
EdSource By Larry Gordon California’s community colleges are making...
What’s at stake in a possible accreditation overhaul
Education Dive In a hotel conference room in the...
JPMorgan Chase gives $350M to workforce training, community colleges
Education Dive Dive Brief: JPMorgan Chase announced Monday that it is...
SJVC Atascadero campus ready for business
AtascaderoNews.com By Camas Frank ATASCADERO — The Atascadero branch of...
Lawmakers: Ed Dept ‘complicit’ in Dream Center collapse
EducationDive Dive Brief: More than 80 federal legislators criticized...
DeVos Tells Colleges to Drop Arbitration Agreements
InsideHigherEd By Andrew Kreighbaum The Department of Education on Friday...
California Jumps in with Sweeping Statutory Proposals
Cooley By Kate Lee Carey and Caitlyn Shelby As noted in...
States Seek Tighter Regulation of For-Profits
InsideHigherEd by Ashley A. Smith California lawmakers are going...
Bridgepoint to acquire coding boot camp Fullstack Academy
Education Dive By Ben Unglesbee Dive Brief: For-profit college...
Timeline: How Dream Center’s higher ed bid went off the rails
Education Dive By Ben Unglesbee The nonprofit’s attempt to...
House Panel Takes Up Oversight of For-Profit Schools
CourtHouseNews By JENNIFER HIJAZI WASHINGTON (CN) – In a...
Examination of Income-Share Agreements
InsideHigherEd By Paul Fein A new paper from the Manhattan Institute...
More Confusion on Credit-Hour Definition
InsideHigherEd By Mark Lieberman The Department of Education on Monday...
College Officials Were Charged in the Admissions-Bribery Scheme. Now Their Campuses Are Cutting Ties.
Chronicle By Terry Nguyen Colleges moved quickly on Tuesday...
Ed Dept recommends bankruptcy for Dream Center
EducationDive By Ben Unglesbee UPDATE: March 12, 2019: A...
11 Lessons Higher Ed Can Learn from the Private Sector
Evolllution By Bill Dracos | Chief Business Practice Improvement...
California Jumps in With Sweeping Regulatory, Statutory Proposals Affecting VA Benefits, Other Issues
Cooley By Kate Lee Carey and Caitlyn Shelby California has introduced...
Attack on For-Profit Colleges Gets Ugly
RealClearEducation By Cherylyn Harley LeBon Some politicians in Washington...
Accreditation and Innovation Neg Reg Makes Slow Progress
Cooley The negotiated rulemaking committee charged with considering rules...
Congressmember Waters Reintroduces Bill to Give Students Defrauded by For-Profit Colleges their Day in Court
Sentinel News Wire WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Maxine Waters...
UEI College Brings Career Training & Education to Sacramento
Career Education Review UEI College, a national provider of...
What’s at stake in a possible accreditation overhaul
Education Dive By Ben Unglesbee This is the second...
Democratic Take on the Higher Education Act
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum Senator Patty Murray said...
California bills target Trump rollbacks of crackdown on for-profit colleges
SFChronicle.com by Alexi Koseff SACRAMENTO — California would add...
Poll: Voters Support Funding for Skills Training
Inside Higher Ed by Paul Fain A national survey of 1,000...
Ed Dept pulls Argosy U’s Title IV access in blow to Dream Center
EducationDive By Ben Unglesbee Financially troubled Argosy University suffered...
Concern for ‘defrauded and victimized’ students spurs calls for tighter for-profit college oversight
CalMatters by Felicia Mello he turmoil in the for-profit...
Dream Center receiver sues groups that took over Art Institutes
Education Dive by Ben Unglesbee Update: February 26, 2019: The...
A New Controversy Is Dogging DeVos’s Education Dept. Here’s What You Need to Know
The Chronicle of Higher Education By Andy Thomason After...
Mega-Universities Are On the Rise. They Could Reshape Higher Ed as We Know It
Inside Higher Ed by Lee Gardner Paul J. LeBlanc remembers the...
Art Institute deal left Dream Center in ‘dire’ situation, receiver says
Education Dive by Ben Unglesbee Dream Center Education Holdings...
Cal Poly, Fullstack partner with online courses for web developers
Education Dive by James Paterson As short courses designed...
Is Career and Technical Education Just Enjoying Its 15 Minutes of Fame?
AEI.org Over the past couple years, career and technical...
Trump signs executive order to boost US-based AI development
SmartCitiesDive by Katie Pyzyk This executive order comes at...
For-profit Bridgepoint hires new strategy chief as it retools
Education Dive By Ben Unglesbee Semel brings years of...
Argosy Fails to Distribute $9 Million in Federal Aid
Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain Argosy University has failed...
The Great Bundling of Work-Force Development
Inside Higher Ed by Ryan Craig Colleges may be...
As borrower defense gets another rewrite, for-profits wrestle with uncertainty
Education Dive by Ben Unglesbee After failing once to...
California’s Online Community College Chooses Its Leader
Inside Higher Ed Heather Hiles, an entrepreneur and Gates...
Dems Pressure VA in War Against Veteran College Students, Private Colleges
CNS News By Gerard Scimeca It’s no secret how many...
Op-ed: For-Profit Colleges’ Success Ignored
Miami Herald Op-Ed Article by Donald E. Graham www.Kaplanuniversity.edu...
For-Profits and Federal Revenue
Inside Higher Ed By Ashley Smith A Brookings Institution report examines...
What Does Higher Ed Have to Say About the Proposed Title IX Rules?
The Chronicle of Higher Education By Sarah Brown The...
On for-profits’ horizon: more regulatory uncertainty, closures
Education Dive By Ben Unglesbee When it comes to...
Ed Dept. ‘not wedded’ to its proposed accreditation rules
Education Dive by Ben Unglesbee The Education Department is...