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Education Department Preparing for More Shut Downs

The Obama administration is preparing for more colleges to be forced to shut down, a top Education Department official says, as the watchdog that oversees much of the for-profit college industry is pushed out of business. “We’re working hard on contingency plans about more school closures,” Ted Mitchell, the undersecretary of education, told BuzzFeed News. […]

University Creates Haven for Vets

The two offices on the fourth floor of Lowell Heiny Hall at Colorado Mesa University still smell new. New carpet, new paint and all new furnishings make the rooms feel clean and welcoming, and for the 400 veterans who attend CMU, they are a little oasis from the bustle of campus. The Veterans Services office […]

UWF Military Center Celebrates 5th Anniversary

The University of West Florida Military and Veterans Resource Center celebrated its fifth anniversary on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. The celebration included an open house barbecue to honor those who have protected and served and featured a live jazz band, office tours, refreshments and guest speakers, including student testimonials. The MVRC was opened in October […]

More Faculty Use Flipped Classroom

Technology presents opportunities for students to more efficiently submit work and engage in learning exchange. In the flipped classroom method, this is a key asset for developing competency-based models of progress and learning, as students can work independently with material and demonstrate, at their pace, mastery of a subject. More importantly, the method allows students […]

Texas Prepares for For-Profit Fallout to Spread

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The state’s Higher Education Coordinating Board is preparing for the ITT Technical Institute fallout to spread to other for-profit colleges across the state. Raymond Paredes, the Commissioner of Higher Education, gave KXAN an update on for-profit schools. Over the summer, ITT Tech caved in because the federal government would not back student […]

Charts Show Collapse of For-Profit Education

In 2012, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions produced a scathing review of for-profit colleges and universities, spotlighting a culture of bringing in millions while students paying for education with federal loans were failing to get jobs or even complete degrees. That report would bring about increased scrutiny of some of […]

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Students Learn of Career Point Closing by Email

SAN ANTONIO – Career Point has sent out an email to their students saying they are closing their campus. The college says effective immediately that they are closed. President and CEO Larry Earle said in the email that the management team found three employees had violated the rules related to student aid funds. He goes […]

Minority Students Less Likely to Attend Top Public Colleges

Black and Latino students in the U.S. are far less likely than their peers of other races to attend elite public universities, according to a new study. The Center for American Progress, a think tank in Washington, D.C., analyzed federal data from 2014 to compare the types of public colleges students of different races attended. […]

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For-Profits Draw Disproportionately Among Minority Groups

When federal leaders discuss the predatory practices used by for-profit institutions to recruit and exploit students for federal aid money, this is the underreported statistic that families and students do not typically hear. And with these stats is the harrowing reality that many of these students, already saddled with debt which the federal government has […]

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Hiring warriors in higher ed

Like many employers, higher ed institutions are reaching out to military veterans to fill skilled positions. Military service offers rich opportunities for individuals to develop a wide variety of skills that translate to well-paying jobs in the civilian world. However, deciphering a veteran’s work history is tricky. Resumes may be cluttered with military jargon, acronyms […]

Pilot Program at Fort Hood Customizes Transition

Fort Hood is one of six installations selected for a pilot program that could customize the transition process for Soldiers. Starting Oct. 1, Soldiers at six selected installations will phase into the two-year Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program Pilot that customizes the transition process for the Soldier. “The Army believes there is a […]

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FAMU Gets Veterans Entrepreneurial Program

TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) – An organization that focuses on helping Veterans announced that Florida A&M University will participate in a statewide entrepreneurship program for Veterans. Veteran Florida Executive Director, Bobby Carbonell, announced Wednesday that they had selected two more schools to participate in a program for Veterans seeking to start their own businesses. FAMU and […]

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