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For-Profit Colleges and Stimulus Funds
Four powerful Democratic senators, led by Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, yesterday wrote to the U.S. Department of Education requesting clarification...
Will For-Profits Bounce Back?
Are for-profit colleges poised to bounce back in the newly begun recession? Or are their glory days behind them?
GOP-Led Senate Joins House in Rebuking DeVos on Loan Forgiveness
Ten Senate Republicans joined Democrats in backing a resolution opposing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's borrower-defense rule, following a similar measure passed by the House.
Public Partners With For-Profit
Arkansas State University is mulling over partnering with a for-profit company to start the state's first vet school. Is this what the state, and its students, need?
Opinion
Will Higher Education Roar in the '20s?
John Katzman describes the changes that colleges and universities will -- or should -- make in the next decade.
Education Deserts
New report examines access to postsecondary opportunities by ZIP code, questions the impact of free college and says for-profit institutions fill gaps between public colleges.
Opinion
The Misguided Repeal of Gainful Employment
The accountability regulation wasn't perfect, but it worked in weeding out poorly performing programs, Jonathan Kaplan writes. Let's improve it, not kill it.
FTC and Phoenix Settle Over Ad Probe
University of Phoenix and the Federal Trade Commission settle a five-year investigation into whether the university falsely touted its relationships with big employers.