Paul Fain

Paul Fain, Senior Reporter, came to Inside Higher Ed in September 2011, after a six-year stint covering leadership and finance for The Chronicle of Higher Education. Paul has also worked in higher-ed P.R., with Widmeyer Communications, but couldn't stay away from reporting. A former staff writer for C-VILLE Weekly, a newspaper in Charlottesville, Va., Paul has written for The New York Times, Washington City Paper and Mother Jones. He's won a few journalism awards, including one for beat reporting from the Education Writers Association and the Dick Schaap Excellence in Sports Journalism Award. Paul got hooked on journalism while working too many hours at The Review, the student newspaper at the University of Delaware, where he earned a degree in political science in 1996. A native of Dayton, Ohio, and a long-suffering fan of the Cincinnati Bengals, Fain plays guitar in a band with more possible names than polished songs.

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March 18, 2014
If For-Profits Vanished
A newly released study found that four states would need to spend $8.4 billion over five years to educate the 1.4 million students who attend for-profits in those states. The report, which was prepared by the Nexus Research and Policy Center, calculated that number by looking at state and local expenditures necessary to serve those 1.4 million students in public institutions. Nexus is funded by the Apollo Group, which owns the University of Phoenix, and the John G. Sperling Foundation.
March 17, 2014
Accreditor rejects Laureate's partnership with Thunderbird
The Higher Learning Commission rejects Laureate Education's bid to add the Thunderbird School of Global Management to its network of institutions.
March 14, 2014
Details of gainful employment proposal expected Friday
The White House gives reporters a sneak peek at its final gainful employment proposal, but important details should be released today.
March 12, 2014
Meetings feature more substance about education technology
Rhetoric about ed tech at SXSWedu and ACE meetings is more sober than soaring, as academics and experts talk about how to use emerging models.
March 11, 2014
Calif. city brings search for engineering school to ACE meeting
A California city makes a pitch for a new engineering campus at the American Council on Education's annual meeting.
March 5, 2014
College of Southern Nevada seeks to boost retention by ending late registration
Ending late registration for courses may help more community college students get to graduation, but it also challenges deeply held views about student access, and can hurt enrollment levels.
March 4, 2014
Gainful employment debate aired out in The New York Times
With the release of the final gainful employment proposal looming, for-profits and their critics duke it out in the commentary section of The New York Times.
February 21, 2014
Direct assessment and the feds take on competency-based education
Competency-based education is gaining steam, but questions remain about which forms the U.S. Department of Education will back.
February 19, 2014
Economic Impact of Community Colleges
America's community colleges and their students generated $809 billion of income in 2012, which was 5.4 percent of the nation's gross domestic product, according to a report by the American Association of Community Colleges released this week. That figure includes the higher wages students earned that year, the increased output of business that employed the students and related multiplier effects.
February 19, 2014
A book explores how to make accreditation more effective
The accreditation process needs to change, an expert writes in a new book, but accreditors are making more progress than their critics charge.

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