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Why Must College Athletes Face Rules Double Jeopardy?

Athletes who participate in schools p-20 are held accountable by two sets of standards: by the school as an organization and the athletic program.

September 22, 2016

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Highly Anticipated African American History Museum Begins Its Mission

Thousands of people are expected to gather this weekend to celebrate the opening, see and tour the Smithsonian Institution’s new and massive National Museum of African American History and Culture.

September 22, 2016

South African Police Battle Stone-throwing Students

JOHANNESBURG ― South African police battled students on a university campus on Thursday in the latest violence over protesters’ calls for free education, a demand that the government has dismissed as unrealistic in a country with a weak economy. Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing students on the University of KwaZulu-Natal campus in the city […]

September 22, 2016

Ghana Professors Campaign for Removal of New Gandhi Statue

ACCRA, Ghana ― Professors at a university in Ghana’s capital are campaigning for the removal of a new statue of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi. The petition, delivered Thursday to the University of Ghana’s governing council, takes issue with what the professors call Gandhi’s “racist identity” and controversial references to Africans in his writings. Launched […]

September 22, 2016

Ky. Supreme Court says Gov. Bevin Cannot Cut University Budgets

FRANKFORT, Ky. ― Kentucky’s highest court says the state’s Republican governor cannot cut the budgets of public colleges and universities without the approval of the state legislature. The 5-2 ruling by the state Supreme Court on Thursday reverses a lower court ruling earlier this year that said Gov. Matt Bevin had the power to order […]

September 22, 2016

Amid Scrutiny, For-profit Colleges See Enrollment Slide

Some of the nation’s largest for-profit colleges are suffering steep declines in enrollment amid growing competition, new regulation and government pressure that led to the collapse this month of one of the industry’s biggest players, ITT Technical Institute. The industry has been losing students for the past six years, but the crisis appears to be […]

September 22, 2016

ITT Executives, Blame Yourselves

Don’t cry for ITT. Judging from all the accusations that have been made against the ITT in recent years, its leaders have only themselves to blame for the company’s collapse. Unsurprisingly, ITT officials and other apologists for the company, such as the editorial writers at The Wall St. Journal, don’t like that explanation. They would […]

September 22, 2016

5 Hottest Industries for Jobs

If you’ve recently separated from the military, or are a military spouse, check out careers in these growing fields. Transitioning out of the military is often laden with uncertainty for service members and their spouses. Because most people separate young, the question of “what comes next” can be difficult to answer. When looking for a […]

September 22, 2016

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U.S. Creates “NextStepsEdu” Portal for Displaced Students

Students left befuddled and stranded by college closures will have access to a new online resource meant to connect them with financial aid and academic counselors, said Ted Mitchell, the U.S. under secretary of education, in a call with reporters Monday. The announcement for the portal, NextStepsEdu.org, came two weeks after ITT Tech announced it […]

September 22, 2016

Billionaire Mario Gabelli Offers Solutions to Student Debt Crisis

Billionaire Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) started a discussion yesterday on how to resolve the astronomical debt owed by many college graduates, offering some of his own ideas. The leader of hedge fund GAMCO Investors (NYSE:GBL) asked his 13,700 followers for their suggestions as loan balances in the U.S. exceeded $1.26 trillion, more than four times […]

September 22, 2016

14 Universities Launch Global MOOC-based Master’s Program

Fourteen universities around the world are today launching modular master’s degree programs in which students can complete up to half of the course work online, earn a credential and then decide whether they want to apply to pursue the full degree. The launch of the 19 programs, known as MicroMasters, follows a pilot at the […]

September 22, 2016

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Study Finds Teacher Shortage Worsening

The United States is facing its first major teacher shortage since the 1990s, one that could develop into a crisis for schools in many parts of the country, according to a new study by the Learning Policy Institute, an education think tank. The shortfall is a result of increased demand for teachers as schools reinstate […]

September 22, 2016

Wiley Acquires Ranku to Help Market Online Degrees

Seattle-based software company Ranku announced today its acquisition by academic publishing company John Wiley & Sons. Ranku offers a recruitment platform using predictive analytics to help colleges increase online degree enrollment. In 2013, co-founders and childhood friends Kim Taylor and Cecilia Retelle started Ranku out of the Kaplan EdTech Accelerator, raising $500,000 in seed funding […]

September 22, 2016

W.Va. Educator: ITT Targeted Low-Income Students

The chancellor of West Virginia’s Community and Technical College System told state lawmakers Monday that the recently closed ITT Technical Institutes, a national for-profit group of colleges that had a Huntington campus, appeared to enter very low-income communities and promise students 100 percent job placement rates, while charging them high tuition and issuing them its […]

September 22, 2016

Some Community Colleges Aren’t Taking ITT Credits

One of the most pressing questions for thousands of students left in the cold by last week’s closure of ITT Tech campuses nationwide is whether other colleges would accept the credits they earned at ITT Tech. Former ITT Tech students attending one community college session in Orange County received a disappointing answer. “The short answer […]

September 22, 2016

For-Profit Colleges Spell Trouble for Politicians Who Backed Them

Sen. Kelly Ayotte returned campaign donations from a for-profit college chain under investigation by the Justice Department. Sen. Marco Rubio took fire in the presidential primary because he asked regulators to go easy on a chain that later collapsed after a federal fraud investigation. And Hillary Clinton’s been facing questions about her husband’s $17.5 million […]

September 22, 2016

New Report Outlines Higher Education’s $2.7 Billion “Debt Bomb”

As I’ve written recently, higher education, and in particular the for-profit sector, has become increasingly financialized—meaning, it is focused on money over outcomes and engaged in financial machinations that actually undermine the quality of the core business proposition, which is supposed to be turning out well-prepared students. But the problems aren’t limited to the for-profit […]

September 22, 2016

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Devry Sets Limit on Revenue from Federal Student Aid

DeVry Education Group, one of the largest operators of for-profit colleges, said Tuesday that it will limit the amount of revenue it receives from federal student aid, including veterans and military tuition assistance, getting in front of a controversial issue as the for-profit industry buckles under economic and regulatory pressure. For-profit colleges are prohibited by […]

September 22, 2016