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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.

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.

City University of Seattle

Community Colleges

How Will Education Funding and Policy Fare in a Republican Congress?

Despite bipartisanship on some issues, experts predict budget cuts and less regulation.

Community Colleges

Elderly Increasingly Looking to College to Boost Job Skills

Community colleges report increasing number of older students looking to remain competitive in tough employment landscape.

Brenda Dann-Messier

Advocates Decry Loss of N.J. Scholarship Program for Preschool Teachers

Education advocates say New Jersey’s Abbott initiative—offering scholarships to employees of preschools in New Jersey’s poorest districts—had tremendous impact.

Community Colleges

Feinstein Intervenes To Halt Student’s Deportation

SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco community college student awaiting deportation to his native Peru won a temporary reprieve Friday when U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation halting immigration enforcement proceedings against him. Steve Li, 20, had been due to be separated from his parents and sent back to Peru last Monday, but federal immigration […]

Leadership & Policy

College Called Key to Community in Brunswick, Ga.

The impact of the College of Coastal Georgia’s transformation from a two-year to a four-year school will reach well beyond the college’s campus, driving right through the heart of Brunswick, Ga.

Coastal College

Leadership & Policy

Morgan State Expands Community College Leadership Program Via Online

Community College Leadership Doctoral Program establishes online presence to enhance Morgan State University’s mission of education access.

The Community College Leadership Doctoral Program has established an online presence to enhance Morgan State University’s mission of education access.

Community Colleges

Experts Urge Academic and Business Collaboration to Boost U.S. Education Attainment

Education and labor experts, including White House Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes, explored the role business could play in helping improve educational attainment Wednesday morning during a Washington policy forum.

Leadership & Policy

New Rules May Hurt For-profit Colleges

The for-profit college industry has been criticized as being predatory or too business-focused, but the institutions say new federal regulations on them will limit access to higher education.

An Everest College counselor advises a student on career options. Everest College is a system of for-profit colleges in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc. (photo courtesy of Everest College)

Critics, Supporters Express Concerns on Proposed Rules Targeting For-profit Colleges

Supporters and opponents of the controversial “gainful employment” rule being directed at for-profit colleges voiced their concerns Thursday at one of a series of public hearings being conducted by the U.S. Department of Education this week as it mulls modifying the rule before putting it into effect.

An Everest College counselor advises a student on career options. Everest College is a system of for-profit colleges in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc. (photo courtesy of Everest College)

Leadership & Policy

For-profits Under Increased Scrutiny — This Time From Military

U.S. Defense Department proposes new rules regulating quality of online programs accessed by members of the armed services.

Dr. Susan Aldridge is president of the University of Maryland University College.

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