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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Gets $2.1 million Grant for Underserved

The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts will be starting the year off with a $2.1 million federal grant to better support underserved students. MCLA President James F. Birge announced the grant during Tuesday morning’s opening breakfast. The college has been awarded a $2.177 million Title III “Strengthening Institutions Program” grant from the U.S. Department of […]

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E-learning to decline in next 5 years

E-learning systems revenues in the United States and China are expected to drop by more than $6 billion annually, according to a new study. The data from the survey is tied to reporting from financial education technology companies and publishers, and suggests that companies using the modules are reducing their usage of the technology and […]

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ITT Closing Opens Doors to Next Generation of For-Profits

For-profit tech credentialing company Coding Dojo Wednesday announced a scholarship program for more than 35,000 students who were negatively impacted by this week’s closure of ITT Technical Institute. The swift move backs industry insiders’ projections that alternative credentialing providers and bootcamps could be the next generation of for-profit institutions. Read More

New Mexico A.G. Urges Feds to Protect ITT Tech Students

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is asking the federal government to protect students in the wake of an announcement by the for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute that it was shutting down its U.S. campuses. Balderas raised his concerns in a letter sent Wednesday to the U.S. Department of Education. He […]

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2 ITT Employees File Lawsuit Over Layoffs Without Notice

CARMEL, Ind. — Two employees laid off by the parent company of for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute have filed a lawsuit claiming the company violated federal law by not providing 60 days’ notice. Allen Federman, a business analyst at ITT Educational Services Inc.’s Carmel, Indiana, headquarters, and Steve Ryan, an instructor at two ITT […]

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Why Student Debt Matters

WASHINGTON (AP) — THE ISSUE: More Americans are getting buried by student debt — causing delays in home ownership, limiting how much people can save and leaving taxpayers at risk as many loans go unpaid. The statistics look daunting. Student debt now totals around $1.26 trillion. This amounts to a stunning 350 percent increase since […]

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Accreditation: 2016 DEAC Fall Workshop Will Be in Seattle

The 2016 DEAC Fall Workshop will take place October 16-18 at The W Hotel in Seattle. DEAC is pleased to announce that Mr. Jan Friis, Vice President for Government Affairs will deliver a keynote presentation on federal policy developments in higher education with an emphasis on how accreditation is keeping pace with changing demands for […]

Counseling Female Military Veterans in Career Transition

The number of women entering the military is projected to reach 23 million by 2040, an increase of approximately16% (National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics, 2016). As a result, more female veterans are expected to transition into the civilian workforce at the conclusion of their military service. Compared to male veterans, these women are […]

Independent Report Faults Media, Wounded Warrior’s Board

No one escapes the wrath of Doug White in his written overview of the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) fiasco earlier this year. The organization, its board, major media organizations, former employees and so-called whistle-blowers, former executives, charity evaluators, and even the Department of Defense all had some part to play. In the end, he still […]

Wounded Warrior Project Lost $100 million

Chief Executive Officer Mike Linnington announced that the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) lost between $90 million and $100 million, representing 25 percent of donations, since all the scandal about the organization started rolling out in January. This news included allegations of massive waste and an unhealthy organizational culture that underwrote it and this evidently suggested […]

Documentary Explains Why Future of Public Universities is in Jeopardy

Public universities once flush with state dollars have watched that financial support dry up, while facing pressure from education reform groups bent on reconfiguring their business model. This has led to some epic battles that are chronicled in a new documentary called “Starving the Beast: The Battle to Disrupt and Reform America’s Public Universities.” The […]

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Loss of ITT Leaves Some in For-Profit Segment in Despair

When ITT Tech announced the doors of all of its more than 130 campuses nationwide would close, leaving over 35,000 students and 8,000 employees out in the cold, it sent a shock through the for-profit community. The decision itself was not surprising to most. In recent weeks, the U.S. Department of Education has raised the […]

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