Hot Topic: “For Profit Colleges”
The Fixer: Lanny Davis Represents Union Busters, Dictators, and Now For-Profit Schools
For-profit schools have hired a longtime Washington lobbyist Lanny Davis, a man who is known for taking on questionable clients.
Posted Friday, October 29, 2010 by Kay Steiger
Community Colleges and For-Profits Battle It Out Over Graduation Rates
Read more at The Quick and the Ed
Senate Committee Further Scrutinizes For-Profit Industry
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) releases a report examining the for-profit industry for questionable practices based on its own self-reported data.
Posted Friday, October 1, 2010 by Kay Steiger
For-Profit Schools Bus and Fly Students to D.C. to Oppose Regulations, Scrutiny of the Industry
Industry executives organized a rally on Capitol Hill yesterday to oppose proposed regulations of for-profit universities and colleges.
Posted Thursday, September 30, 2010 by Kay Steiger
Can You Pay Back That For-Profit Degree?
Will a new regulation forcing schools to disclose repayment rates matter if graduates still can’t get a job?
Posted Tuesday, September 28, 2010 by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
New For-Profit School Regulations Raise Questions on Race
New regulations offered by the Department of Education on for profit-schools raise questions on the fairness of targeting institutions that are “majority minority.”
Posted Tuesday, September 21, 2010 by Jessica Strong
New For-Profit Regulations Call Out Schools on Bad Practices
A recent investigation shows some for-profit schools encouraging its recruits to cheat on financial aid applications. New regulations could curb such practices, but for-profits still have to deal with scrutiny and stigma many non-profits don’t.
Posted Thursday, September 2, 2010 in Reporting by Mikhail Zinshteyn
For-Profit College Lobbying Group to Hold ‘Grassroots Training’ Today
The Career College Association (CCA), the main trade association for for-profit colleges and universities, held a “grassroots” training in New York City today. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) will be speaking at the event’s closing dinner.
Posted Thursday, August 12, 2010 by Pedro de la Torre III
New Gainful Employment Rule Pushes Regulation of For-Profit Colleges
The Department of Education’s recently published gainful employment rule requires programs to prove they prepare students for employment in a recognized occupation.
Posted Wednesday, August 11, 2010 in Reprints by Louis Soares
Career College Central Gets Desperate
Career College Central (CCC), a for-profit higher education industry media organization, seems to be getting desperate to find some way to deal with increased scrutiny that the sector is receiving from politicians, the Obama administration, and the press.
Posted Thursday, August 5, 2010 by Pedro de la Torre III
MIT Connection in Wikileaks Case A Fraud?; Public Colleges Look to For-Profits for Help
The latest kerfuffle over Wikileaked documents about the Afghanistan War has led back to MIT. But the connection, says the campus paper, may be nothing more than a media concoction.
Posted Wednesday, August 4, 2010 in Campus Informer by Adam Peck
Undercover Investigation Finds Widespread Deception in Marketing by For-Profit Colleges
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education
Nation’s First Islamic College?; New Rules for the For-Profit Sector of Higher Education
The Zaytuna Institute and Academy located on the campus of UC-Berkeley is looking to expand to become the nation’s first fully-accredited Islamic college.Campus Informer: Nation’s First Islamic College?; New Rules for the For-Profit Sector of Higher Education
Posted Friday, July 23, 2010 in Campus Informer by Adam Peck
Two-Year, For-Profit Schools Have High Rates of Student Loan Default
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education
Mad Money on For-Profit Colleges
Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2009 in Cribsheets by Pedro de la Torre III
