Affordable Education
College access and affordability
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
Site Allows Students to Bet on Grades; DREAM Act Picks Up Huckabee Endorsement
Former GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee announces his support for the DREAM Act, saying undocumented students attending college and attaining citizenship is good for America.
Posted Thursday, August 12, 2010 in Campus Informer by Adam Peck
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
New Figures Show Student Loan Debt Exceeds Credit Card Debt
More evidence of the depths of the student loan crisis surfaced this week when the Federal Reserve’s latest numbers revealed that student loans now account for more consumer debt than credit cards.
Posted Tuesday, August 10, 2010 by Michael Corcoran
Conflicting News Reports Show that Alma Matters; LGBT President Representation
Elena Kagan’s confirmation and swearing in as the next Supreme Court justice has set off the usual celebratory retrospectives at the newspapers of the Ivy Leagues where Kagan was enrolled.
Posted Monday, August 9, 2010 in Campus Informer by Adam Peck
New York’s Budget Leaves SUNY Behind; Making Math Sexy With Japanese Cinema
New York State finally passed their budget for the upcoming year (125 days late), and one noticeable omission was the Public Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act, a bill that would grant the SUNY system greater autonomy and result in drastically increased tuition rates.
Posted Friday, August 6, 2010 in Campus Informer by Adam Peck
Senate May Reluctantly Vote to Save Teachers’ Salaries, Doesn’t Blink at War Spending Bill
The Senate is expected to vote later this week on the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act (HR 1586), which would modernize the air traffic control system to improve safety and reliability.
Posted Thursday, August 5, 2010 by Angela Peoples
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
California College Papers on the End of Prop 8, DREAM Act Inspiration for 14th Amendment Debate?
Posted Thursday, August 5, 2010 in Campus Informer by Adam Peck
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
Protests Mark the 100 Day Anniversary of BP Spill; March 4 Day of Action Part Deux
Friday marked the 100th day since oil began gushing into the Gulf of Mexico at the Deep Water Horizons well. To mark the occasion, about a dozen demonstrators lined the streets of downtown Berkeley.
Posted Monday, August 2, 2010 in Campus Informer by Adam Peck
New Bankruptcy Legislation Could Provide Relief For Those Buried in Student Debt
Legislation that would allow private student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy could bring a major victory to those dedicated to student loan justice.
Posted Friday, July 30, 2010 in Reporting by Michael Corcoran
Hard Knocks University; Teach for America Partners with the Peace Corps
Teach for America and the Peace Corps decide to pool their powers.
Posted Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Campus Informer by Adam Peck
The Myth of White Privilege?
There are still inequalities that deserve affirmative action programs. For every time a white person is allegedly passed over in college admissions for a black person, he or she is afforded another opportunity simply because he/she is white.
Posted Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Opinions by Lisa Gillespie
Homelessness and Hunger Growing Problems on Campus; Nike Protests Finally Net Results
Homelessness and hunger are growing problems on campuses across the country, says NPR. Students are adapting to a nomad lifestyle, living a few nights on friends’ couches and a few nights in student activity centers.
Posted Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in Campus Informer by Adam Peck
Rutgers Turns Down Marijuana; Widespread Plagiarism Ends M.B.A Program; DREAM Activists vs. Hispanic
It hasn’t been a good week for the for-profit sector of higher education. There’s also some growing tension between young DREAM Activists and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus over the DREAM Act.
Posted Tuesday, July 27, 2010 in Campus Informer by Adam Peck
The Rise of the Rental Textbook; Canadian Education Closing the Gap
Students looking to avoid the sky high cost of textbooks may have an easier time this fall, as textbook rental programs expand and professors turn to cheap — or even free — online reading material.
Posted Monday, July 26, 2010 in Campus Informer by Adam Peck
