Les établissements d’enseignement privé à but lucratif se multiplient et attirent toujours plus d’étudiants, notamment vers les métiers de la santé. Les effectifs des facultés(publiques)  de santé ont progressé de 19 ,7% en sept ans entre 2004 et 2011. En outre, des fonds d’investissements n’hésitent pas à acheter des instituts de  formations paramédicales, optique, prothésiste et ostéopathe.
Le déplorable précédent de l'enseignement de l'ostéopathie
Depuis que le métier et le diplôme d’ostéopathe ont été reconnus parla loi Kouchner de 2002, les instituts de formation privés, qui facturent de 7 000 à 8000 euros l’année, ont proliféré. La France en détient même le record du monde, avec 55 établissements en formation initiale, voire 74 en incluant les formations destinées aux professionnels de santé, médecins et kinés. More...

By Calvin TerBeek. Privatization -- the other side of the deregulation coin -- has long been a favorite watchword among economic conservatives. Indeed, we can go back all the way to 1981, when President Reagan warned us that government was the problem, not the solution. 
Thirty-plus years on, this rhetoric still has staying power. It seems like a number of well-known public universities want to get the government "off their back" and go private. For example, in Oregon, the University of Oregon, Oregon State University and Portland State University -- the three largest of the state's seven public colleges and universities -- will all be private schools as of next July. More...

By George Leef. Technological change has made online coursework very competitive with the traditional means of teaching. Will it lead to dramatic change in college, or have only a minor impact? Consider the analogy to music.
From the dawn of time until the early 20th century, when people wanted to hear music, they either had to play it themselves or go to a performance where someone else played. All music was live. Then the technology for recording and reproducing music developed. More...

By Daan Braveman. As students begin the process of applying for college entrance for next fall, there is continued public discussion about the cost of higher education. A recent article in the New York Times cites a study that found that despite the rise in tuition sticker prices, the amount students actually pay has remained stable over the past decade. That fact, however, is too often missed and the pressure remains to contain costs in order to ensure that a college education is affordable and accessible. More...

By Kelli Reeder. America’s priorities are out of order. It seems that every year, government officials voice the need for a better education system. This cannot be ignored, and every year it seems to be pushed down on the list of priorities. A lot of people point to low teacher wages, poor quality elementary and high school classes or facilities as the biggest issues with education, but the issue with the biggest effect on America as a whole is the growing price of college tuition.
Paying for college is nearly the only thing that I’m working toward right now, other than trying to keep up in my classes.
Paying for college doesn’t always seem like a huge problem, but then I realize the true costs and trade-offs that come with it. Working is very important to me because that’s how I pay for school, but it’s funny how going to school and working plays out — I want to work as much as possible so I can pay for school, but I also want to have time to actually attend class, do well and succeed. By giving up hours of work, I get better grades, but I also can’t afford to pay for my next semester.

By Michael Cohn. A pair of lawmakers have introduced legislation to simplify the Tax Code to enable families to more easily afford the cost of higher education. Reps. Diane Black, R-Tenn., and Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., introduced the Student and Family Tax Simplification Act on Wednesday. The legislation is designed to make it easier and simpler for families to afford the costs of higher education by consolidating four separate tax provisions into a single education tax benefit. 
The proposed legislation would consolidate the Hope Credit, the American Opportunity Tax Credit, the Lifetime Learning Credit, and the tuition deduction into a single, but more robust American Opportunity Tax Credit.  The new AOTC would be permanent and partially refundable and would provide a 100-percent tax credit for the first $2,000 of eligible higher education expenses and a 25-percent tax credit for the next $2,000 of such expenses, for a maximum credit of $2,500. More...