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Predicting Success
Using big data to improve completion rates, and also to give realistic indicators of how both students and instructors are performing.
Serving a Big Demographic
National Hispanic University shutters degree programs in part because of aid program eligibility, but some question whether demand is there for such a specialized university.
Opinion
A First Step
Representative Mark Takano writes that the administration's new proposals are positive, but don't go far enough in cracking down on poorly performing for-profit colleges.
Proposal Sets Stage for Gainful Fight
The Obama administration’s unveiling Friday of a proposed set of rules on for-profit colleges tees up several months of contentious debate and lively lobbying.
Thunderbird Deal Hits a Snag
The Higher Learning Commission rejects Laureate Education's bid to add the Thunderbird School of Global Management to its network of institutions.
Opinion
Building Walls to the Middle Class
The Education Department's gainful employment regulations are an attack on for-profit institutions and their students, writes Steve Gunderson.
Gainful Employment's Partial Unveiling
The White House gives reporters a sneak peek at its final gainful employment proposal, but important details should be released today.
Proxy War on For-Profits
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.