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Closure Delayed (by a Decade)
Ashford University is shutting down, 10 years after it became the platform for a publicly traded, mostly online college. A look at what the situation says (and doesn't say) about for-profit higher ed.
For-Profit Group and Big Chains Part Ways
Big changes for APSCU, the for-profit trade group, which has lost most of its large-chain members and plans to focus again on career education.
Debt Forgiveness and Liquidation
Corinthian case moves through bankruptcy court, as feds try to spread word about debt relief to thousands of former students and Corinthian tries to sell assets ranging from campuses to typewriters.
U.S. For-Profits in Brazil
Amid enrollment and revenue declines at home, American for-profit education companies have looked abroad, including to Brazil. But can -- and should -- Brazil's boom in proprietary education continue?
Debt Relief Unveiled
Obama administration announces debt relief for tens of thousands of former Corinthian students -- and possibly many more students at that college and others.
Rebooting the Career College
The nonprofit loan agency that bought dozens of Corinthian campuses has started to figure out what to do with them, and guarantor's CEO promises wholesale changes in behavior.
Tighter Oversight of ITT
Education Department steps up scrutiny of ITT's finances in wake of SEC charges, while two states ban company's eligibility for GI benefits.
Judge Upholds ‘Gainful’ Rule
In victory for Obama administration, a federal judge dismisses New York for-profit college group’s challenge to “gainful employment” regulations.