Low job placement rates puts for-profits at risk
New figures show two California campuses owned by for-profit education firm Career Education Corp. appear to have placed fewer than 65 percent of graduates in jobs – the…
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For-profit college company denies US recruitment lawsuit
A large for-profit education company has asked a judge to throw out a Department of Justice lawsuit that claims it used improper sales tactics to lure unqualified students…
Plan to outsource online classes to for-profit schools meets opposition
Members of a Nevada higher-education task force are pushing for a virtual college that would farm out community college courses to for-profit institutions, drawing criticism from educators who…
For-profit college default rate spikes; industry hits back
Colleges and universities of every kind have seen student loan default rates jump this year, with for-profit schools that have recently come under government scrutiny recording the sharpest…
Integrity of ED’s for-profit college rulemaking under scrutiny
Did Wall Street traders influence the development of new rules governing for-profit colleges, or benefit from inside information about these rules before it became public? Those are questions…
Are for-profit colleges hurting online education’s reputation?
Congressional hearings and a barrage of criticism have put for-profit colleges on the defensive, and with many of the sector’s largest schools touting vast web-based course options, those…
Liberal activists: For-profit colleges ‘ripping off’ students, taxpayers
In a speech at the Campus Progress National Conference July 6, an official from a left-leaning think tank condemned for-profit colleges—many of which are the nation's largest online…