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Elusive Data on Education and Workforce
Despite $640 million in federal spending, many holes remain in state databases that try to link college outcomes to the employment market.
Behind the Ratings
The Education Department faced a big challenge in creating a ratings system, with a timeline that kept slipping as critics happily filled the void.
Campus Clearance
College employees in Pennsylvania who work with minors will have to pass regularly scheduled background checks under state's new child protection laws.
Easier Path to Cuba
Obama's announcement on resumption of diplomatic relations also broadens the kinds of educational travel that may now be possible.
No Strategy on Loan Defaults?
A federal audit of the U.S. Department of Education’s student loan programs concludes that the agency is without a “comprehensive plan or strategy to prevent student loan defaults.”
Vexing Issues for Vets
The veterinary school accreditor comes under fire as it prepares to face its federal oversight committee. Issues include a perceived weakening in standards and opposition to the accreditation of foreign institutions.
Quiet Players, Deep Pockets
Guarantee agencies branch out as private-lending pool dries up. Most stick to college completion and financial advising, but one produces a film while another buys 56 campuses from a for-profit.
'Privatization and the Public Good'
New book acknowledges the drift by public colleges as state funding has flattened and in some cases fallen -- but argues that the trend does not mean the institutions must abandon their missions.