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The Long View
The final gainful employment rules have plenty of critics, but it's undeniable that the Obama administration has made a difference with its five-year crackdown on for-profits.
Gainful Employment Arrives
The Education Department releases its long-awaited gainful employment rules, making one key change and drawing complaints from both for-profits and their critics.
Grand Canyon Rethinks For-Profit Status
One of the nation's largest for-profit colleges is thinking about becoming a nonprofit.
New Structure for EDMC
Education Management Corp. goes private as its enrollment and revenue slump, raising questions about the end of an era for publicly traded chains with disparate holdings.
Ability to Benefit, Again?
Community colleges gain traction in push to reinstate federal aid for students without a high school diploma, less so for bringing back "summer Pell."
The Power of the Personal
A reference to a veteran's student debt goes from a group's press release to a Democratic Senate report, showing both the power and peril of using anecdotes about students.
Consumer Agency Sues Corinthian
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's lawsuit accuses the troubled for-profit college operator of luring students into predatory private loans and illegally harassing them to repay the debt.
Anthem Bows Out
For-profit company declares bankruptcy and starts closing campuses, leaving states scrambling and students scattered.