The Chronicle of Higher Education February 16, 2017 by Tom Hesse In First Higher-Ed Address as Education Secretary, DeVos Praises Community Colleges Betsy DeVos was brief but prepared on Thursday in remarks to the Association of Community College Trustees’ National Legislative Summit, her first speech on higher-education issues since being […]
Inside Higher Ed By Paul Fain February 16, 2017 The U.S. Department of Education has recommended a renewal of recognition for the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, a controversial regional accreditor of two-year colleges in California and other Western states. The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, a […]
Will Data Error Threaten For-Profit Regulation? For-profit-college advocates cite Obama administration data goof on loan repayment rates as justification for revisiting borrower-defense and gainful-employment rules. By Paul Fain February 15, 2017 U.S. Department of Education A data mistake the U.S. Department of Education made last year has become a rallying […]
Inside Higher Ed By Scott Jaschik February 14, 2017 About 170 full-time faculty members at the University of Phoenix are losing their jobs, Phoenix Business Journal reported. Some of those faculty members, however, may be hired back as part-timers. The layoffs follow enrollment declines. A university statement said that in […]
Education Week By Alyson Klein on February 13, 2017 5:24 PM In her first print and radio interviews since taking the helm of the U.S. Department of Education, brand-new Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos opened up about the difficulties of her rocky confirmation process to conservative opinion journalists in […]
Enablers, but for Boot Camps Ed-tech companies are seeing a new market of program management developing as colleges get into the coding boot camp business. By Carl Straumsheim February 10, 2017 The rise of coding boot camps is creating a new market for companies that help colleges break into the […]
By Ashley A. Smith February 13, 2017 The American Association of Cosmetology Schools filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education Friday over its gainful employment rule. The organization, which represents about 750 institutions, is seeking relief from the regulations. The organization argues that gainful employment undercounts cosmetology graduates’ […]
By Elizabeth Redden February 13, 2017 The owner of a chain of four Los Angeles-area colleges accused of running a “pay-to-stay” scheme through which foreign nationals fraudulently obtained immigration documents allowing them to stay in the U.S. on student visas though they were not bona fide students pleaded guilty Thursday […]