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For-Profits Must Prove Their Worth

Lisa Wardell, president and chief executive of DeVry Education Group, lays out how for-profit higher education can change the perception of the industry and its value to students. — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel For-profit higher education has faced major challenges recently as policymakers focus on ensuring that institutions serve their students. Schools have been forced to close […]

November 17, 2016

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For-Profits Should Not Waste New Lease on Life

The shocking election of Donald Trump as our next president has yielded a number of immediate winners who have been “on the outs” under the Obama Administration. Pharmaceutical companies and banks have done well. Fossil fuel stocks have risen. So have for-profit colleges. Stocks like DeVry, Capella and Career Education are up 10 percent or […]

November 15, 2016

How Can I Get My Student Debt Canceled?

Q: I have way more student loan debt than I can handle, and it’s all I can think about. Are there options for canceling my debt? A: Not knowing how to deal with your debt is painful — and understandable. But there’s hope. You might already know that loan forgiveness is available to public-sector workers […]

November 11, 2016

Hiring Veterans Strengthens Communities

As we as a nation commemorate Veterans Day, it is our duty and privilege to honor those who have served honorably in the United States military. But as we celebrate this occasion and these important people, we must not lose sight of some of the real issues that face many of our veterans. For our […]

November 10, 2016

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“fStop Foundation” Helps Young Veterans

America’s post-9/11 war on terror is our nation’s longest engagement, 15 years and counting. More than 2 million of America’s service personnel have been combat deployed, over 54,000 have been wounded in combat, and 7,000 have been kill in action. The Veterans Administration has treated more than 900,000 veterans for issues relating to their service […]

November 8, 2016

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Quit Scaring Students About Debt

ELENA Calderon is a first-generation college student who graduated from Eastern Washington University with two degrees and without debt. This isn’t the story you’re used to reading about. The media are full of horrifying anecdotes, highlighting an unemployed art major who left college owing $100,000. State and federal legislators cite student debt as a national […]

November 4, 2016

Education Insider: Restoring Pell Grants for ITT Tech Students

People who used up some of their limited federal Pell grants to attend ITT or another for-profit college, only to see it close before they could graduate, are getting a reprieve from the U.S. Department of Education: They can have their Pell eligibility restored for the semesters they spent at the now-closed school. Restoring Pell […]

November 3, 2016

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A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges

As college attendance has risen and investment in public institutions has flagged, the United States has relied increasingly on, with disastrous consequences for many students. For-profits, once a tiny corner of higher education, have turned into an important force. In 1995, just 500,000 people attended for-profit schools, a small slice of the 15 million enrolled […]

November 1, 2016

Tuition Time Bomb

Rising tuition and student debt is a pressing concern for college students but also society at large. For future economic well-being, improvements in civic participation and social unification, we need a system that encourages those interested in pursuing higher education to do just that. Instead, the current system does the opposite: discourages through unaffordability. A […]

October 28, 2016

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Academic Freedom in Accrediting

“College Accreditors Need Higher Standards” (editorial, Oct. 20), quite appropriately, calls on the accrediting community to focus more attention on protecting students and to demand better performance from colleges and universities that are accredited. The editorial reflects a growing consensus — from Congress, the Department of Education, members of the media and some in the […]

October 27, 2016

Candidates Should Discuss Innovation in Education

During the presidential debate last night both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump promised to grow the economy and create financial security for more Americans. Yet one issue that could truly make or break our country’s economy barely made it onto the debate stage: education. It’s hard to take seriously ambitious plans for economic growth as […]

October 25, 2016

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The Answer to Skyrocketing Student Debt

There’s only one answer to the skyrocketing college debt problem in New Jersey. It’s actually the answer to the skyrocketing debt problem all over the country. We have to start looking at college as just an option. At least in the case of the traditional four year degree. Only people who can afford it should […]

October 21, 2016

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Weaning Colleges Off Title IV Funds

After the government-induced collapses of high-profile for-profit colleges such as Corinthian and ITT Tech, at least one education company has decided it wants to stay ahead of regulators. DeVry Education Group, which operates the eponymous for-profit college along with a slew of other proprietary schools, recently announced that it would try to limit its funding […]

October 20, 2016

Bill to Protect For-Profit Students Should be Retroactive

During this year’s legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly passed a bill to increase oversight of Maryland’s for-profit colleges. The bill didn’t just create tougher standards for for-profit schools, it also established a guaranty fund meant to reimburse Marylanders who were attending colleges that closed. But because it didn’t go into effect until Oct. 1, […]

October 18, 2016

Why the For-Profit Model is Unsustainable

At the heart of the education industry is the notion that what takes place in the learning environment is the key to student success and eventually, positive outcomes. But it is the individual work of students and families which influences these factors, which now drive financing and confidence in both the public and for-profit sectors. […]

October 14, 2016

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For-Profit Schools Miss the Mark

We live in a free enterprise system that has helped make the United States a great economic power. We enjoy a standard of living that is the envy of the world. I believe in the strength of the free enterprise system as a business model. However, the model has not transferred well into the service […]

October 13, 2016

5 Perks Veterans May Not Know About

Being a service member provides you with the honor of serving your country. In return for your service, there are plenty of additional benefits for you and your family. Don’t miss out – make sure these military perks are on your radar. 1. Transferability of the Post-9/11 GI Bill Current service members and veterans up […]

October 11, 2016

Who Has Veterans’ Backs?

If it weren’t for individual schools stepping up to fill the gap, Illinois’ abandonment of the Illinois Veterans Grant would leave many who served our country without the education they earned. While schools are managing to keep up with the payments, it’s up in the air how long that can that last. So what exactly […]

October 7, 2016

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