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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)

Conveying the Black College Experience into Distance Learning

With HBCUsOnline.com, radio personality Tom Joyner ventures into ‘expanding the voice’ of HBCUs by targeting growing contingent of nontraditional students.

Launched by radio personality and longtime HBCU booster Tom Joyner, HBCUsOnline.com seeks to tap into the lucrative online adult higher education market (photo by AP/Mary Ann Chastain).

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.

Forum: Reaching 2020 Degree Completion Goal May Require Multi-State Approach and Credit for Prior Learning

At a Center for American Progress forum Thursday, U.S. Education Under Secretary Martha Kanter pinpointed the challenges that education leaders and advocates must overcome to successfully boost in 10 years the proportion of students who complete college from 42 percent to 60 percent.

U.S. Education Under Secretary Martha Kanter

Retention Program Engages Latino Families in Helping Children Finish Community College

South Texas College orientation program demystifies higher education for Latino parents of first-generation students to improve its retention rates.

African-American

Perspectives: Education Reform and the Access/Success Pendulum

As higher education renews its focus on college completion, we should be mindful about past failure to hold steadfast to access and success, UCLA professors urge.

Drs. Patricia Gándara and Gary Orfield

Community Colleges

Think Tank Program Focuses on Nontraditional Learners

Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success advocates for policies and funding for low-income adults.

CLASP Workforce Development Director Evelyn Ganzglass

Community Colleges

Study: Most 2-year College Students Never Finish

Most students seeking degrees at California’s community colleges neither completed them nor transferred to a four-year university, according to a study that spells trouble for the state’s economic future.

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African-American

Miss. Official: University Merger Dead Issue in 2011 Session

Mississippi Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds Jr. says he expects a proposal to merge or close some universities to have no support in the 2011 legislative session.

Mississippi Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds Jr.

Faculty & Staff

U.S. Colleges Cutting Courses to Curtail Campus Costs

Reducing or streamlining curriculum has been a difficult yet unavoidable measure at many schools during the recession.

Dr. Walter Kimbrough

Community Colleges

Obama: Future Depends on Science, Math Education

During White House science fair, President Obama said the U.S. is being outpaced by other countries and he wants American students to move from the middle to the top in science and math over the decade.

White House Initiative Spearheads Summit on Latino Academic Excellence

Education leaders gathered in Washington on Monday to share best practices and strategize about ways to increase education access for Hispanic-Americans and help reach President Barack Obama’s goal to significantly increase college graduation rates by 2020.

Juan Sepulveda, director of the White House Initiative on Education Excellence for Hispanic Americans

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