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For-Profit Task Force No More
With interagency panel launched under Obama no longer active, observers see a Department of Education less interested in leading oversight of for-profit college sector. State regulators may become more important.
Demanding Results on Transfer
Unusual foundation grant will pay for community colleges and four-year institutions to improve their transfer pathways, with goal of 30 percent bump in four-year degrees earned by community college graduates.
A Trump Flip-Flop on Black Colleges
On Friday, he suggests aid program for black colleges may be unconstitutional. On Sunday, he says his support for the institutions is “unwavering.”
Studying the Borderlands
First-year Grinnell students travel to Germany, Greece, Mexico, Spain and the U.S. Southwest for comparative class on migration, borders and refugees.
From For-Profits to Community Colleges
A new paper finds students don’t leave postsecondary education when the for-profit institution they attend is sanctioned by federal agencies. They move into the public sector.
New Programs: Business Psychology, Aerospace Physiology, Decorative Arts, Experience Design, Public Health, Environmental Science, Nursing, Educational Sustainability, Cybersecurity, Special Education, Risk Management
College of Saint Rose is starting a dual B.S.-M.B.A. program in business psychology. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is starting a bachelor...
‘Volatile’ but Growing Online Ed Market
Online enrollment continues to grow as the total number of students in college shrinks. The growth is particularly strong at private nonprofit colleges, report finds.
Moonlighting While Accreditation Fell Through
Community college faces students upset that they can't be licensed after a professor -- fired this week -- reportedly didn't have time to deal with accreditor, despite having time to teach online at two for-profit institutions.