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West Virginia Business College Closes

WHEELING, W.Va. — The West Virginia Business College has decided to close its doors while in the midst of a legal battle over the school’s accreditation. James Weir, the college’s general manager, said in an email Monday that declining enrollment for the July 2017 quarter made it financially impossible for the college to remain open. […]

Texas Foundation Targets Military Vets in Transition

Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush and State Representative Pat Fallon joined Admiral Bobby R. Inman and Linda Mays McCaul as well as Chancellors William McRaven and John Sharp and representatives from AT&T today to raise awareness of the needs of military veterans who often struggle to find work in corporate America and to support […]

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Western Governor’s Introduces Scholarship Program

Western Governors University (WGU), an online, nonprofit, competency-based university established to expand Nevadans’ access to higher education throughout the state is offering 250 Smart Choice Scholarships—each valued at up to $2,000—$500 per six-month term for up to four terms. A total of $50,000 of the overall amount will be given to Nevada residents. Each Smart […]

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For-Profit/Not-for-Profit Lines Blur

As soon as the news was announced in April, the phones started ringing off the hook — that is, they would have if phones did that anymore — at Cooley, an education industry law firm. Purdue University, a land-grant institution with a sterling academic brand honed since 1869, had announced a stunning merger with Kaplan […]

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Lawmakers Reach Deal on Expanded GI Bill

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans and Democrats have reached initial agreement on the biggest expansion of college aid for military veterans in a decade, removing a 15-year time limit to tap into benefits and boosting money for thousands in the National Guard and Reserve. The deal announced early Thursday is a sweeping effort to fill coverage […]

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Why Professional Learners Like MOOCs

In Oct 2011, a few Stanford professors offered three online courses which were completely free. The strong public interest in these courses caught everyone by surprise. More than 100,000 people signed up—for each course. This led to a feeling of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) across higher education and Silicon Valley, both of whom invested […]

4 Grads Tell Why They Chose Money’s Top Colleges

Every year, MONEY ranks the best colleges for your money, finding the schools that add the most value for students’ tuition dollars. This year we interviewed recent graduates of four of the top schools on our list—asking them to tell us what worked for them, how they covered their costs, and what advice they’d pass […]

Veterans Trade Uniforms for Chef’s Jackets

Five military veterans stand at work stations in the University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee’s Culinary Innovation Laboratory in Lakewood Ranch. Armed with whisks, the former soldiers’ military uniforms have been replaced by white double-breasted chef’s jackets. All eyes are on their instructor, former battlefield paramedic Bryan Jacobs, who is teaching the students how to make […]

Rankings Address Measuring College Outcomes

Some 20 years ago, I spent my summer in Washington, D.C., as an intern for the U.S. News & World Report college rankings. Part of my job was to call colleges to get missing data that was used to compile the rankings or confirm the data that the magazine already had from the school. Princeton […]

Tennessee Colleges Use $760,000 Grants for Military and Veterans

Tennessee is pouring more than $760,000 into one of the most persistent problems facing military veterans going to college: finding a way to translate their experience on the battlefield into course credits. Colleges have long sought to help veterans hit the ground running with early college credits for their experience. But officials acknowledge the current […]

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Vouchers Accelerate Graduate Education for Naval Officers

PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) — Naval officers unable to pursue full-time graduate studies now have an additional education option with the FY-18 Graduate Education Voucher (GEV) program, announced July 11. Detailed in Naval Administrative Message (NAVADMIN) 160-17, the GEV program offers eligible officers the opportunity to receive funded graduate education during off-duty hours. Through GEV, unrestricted […]

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It’s Back to the Starting Line on For-Profit Colleges

Betsy DeVos has put the brakes on two Obama-era regulations aimed at protecting student borrowers. Beginning with two public hearings this week, one in Washington, D.C., on Monday and a second Wednesday in Dallas, the Education Department is asking stakeholders to go back to the starting line. On Monday, speaker after speaker in favor of […]

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