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Opinion: New ‘gainful employment’ regulation is weak medicine for a strong ailment

June 24, 2011June 23, 2011 by By Jose Cruz

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…

IT Leadership

Senator: For-profit colleges use subprime mortgage-type loans

June 8, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

Students attending for-profit colleges are subject to subprime mortgage-like loans that saddle them with thousands of dollars in debt and waste millions in taxpayer dollars, Democratic lawmakers and…

IT Leadership

Are new ED rules an ‘unconditional surrender’ to for-profit colleges?

November 11, 2011June 2, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

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…

Campus Leadership

For-profit colleges spend much less on educating students than public universities

May 26, 2011 by eCampus News staff and wire reports

According to the Huffington Post, for-profit colleges devote less than a third of what public universities spend on educating students, even though the for-profit institutions charge nearly twice…

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For-profit colleges face more state scrutiny

May 6, 2011 by From wire service reports

Tired of waiting for action from the federal government, several states are moving ahead with plans of their own to tighten regulation of for-profit colleges—including some of the…

IT Leadership

For-profit colleges concede defeat on new rules, vow to fight on

April 19, 2011April 18, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

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…

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For-profit regulations, Pell Grants survive budget compromise

April 12, 2011April 11, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Washington’s last-minute budget deal did not include a provision that would have killed a stringent for-profit college regulation, and Pell Grants remained intact despite deep cuts in education…

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Budget deal allows regulations to move forward on for-profit colleges

April 11, 2011 by Meris Stansbury

Another largely unnoticed provision at play in last week's negotiations involved rules that would regulate billions of dollars of federal student loan and grant money allotted to college…

IT Leadership

Experts: Accusations could make students wary of for-profit colleges

March 24, 2011March 22, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Members of Congress likely won’t be swayed by the latest round of damaging personal accounts from former Kaplan University students released last week, but prospective students might exercise…

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For-profit regulation could survive Senate vote, sources say

March 3, 2011March 1, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Many of the country’s largest online colleges still could be subject to the Obama administration’s regulations on for-profit schools, despite a vote by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives…

Opinion: New ‘gainful employment’ regulation is weak medicine for a strong ailment

Senator: For-profit colleges use subprime mortgage-type loans

Are new ED rules an ‘unconditional surrender’ to for-profit colleges?

For-profit colleges spend much less on educating students than public universities

For-profit colleges face more state scrutiny

For-profit colleges concede defeat on new rules, vow to fight on

For-profit regulations, Pell Grants survive budget compromise

Budget deal allows regulations to move forward on for-profit colleges

Experts: Accusations could make students wary of for-profit colleges

For-profit regulation could survive Senate vote, sources say

Regis University Partners with Collegis Education to Modernize IT Infrastructure and Strengthen Denver’s Higher Ed Innovation Footprint

Beyond the Degree: The Rise of Skills-Based Hiring and What It Means for Higher Ed

Bridging the Skills Gap: How Universities Can Align Curricula With Workforce Needs

HEA Policy Shifts Update: How Are Educational Stakeholders Responding?

Nation’s Premier Collegiate Honor Society Inducts Talethia Jean Nevaeh Gray-Nance Into Membership

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