For-profit colleges slow in response to prospective students
For an industry known for its aggressive student recruitment techniques, many private, for-profit colleges take as long as 12 hours to return a prospective student’s phone call, and…
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Opinion: New ‘gainful employment’ regulation is weak medicine for a strong ailment
The gainful employment regulation recently announced by the U.S. Department of Education is painfully weak, especially when compared with the colossal and well-documented abuses committed by for-profit career…
Are new ED rules an ‘unconditional surrender’ to for-profit colleges?
Some of the country’s largest online education programs will have to comply with federal regulations far less stringent than once thought after the U.S. Education Department (ED) unveiled…
For-profit colleges concede defeat on new rules, vow to fight on
Efforts by lobbyists from for-profit colleges – including some of the largest online education programs – fell short last week when Congress passed a compromise budget bill that…
