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1 novembre 2018

ACICS Sanctions Danish Business College

HomeBy Paul Fain. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, an embattled national accrediting agency, has sanctioned Niels Brock, a Danish business college, over concerns that the college lacks approval from the Danish government to issue bachelor's degrees. More...

1 novembre 2018

Moody's: Graduate Business Schools Face Credit Concerns

HomeBy Paul Fain. Moody's cited fall application data from a survey conducted by the Graduate Management Admissions Council, which founded that 59 percent of U.S. business schools saw a decline in applications, with a 6.6 percent overall decline in volume. More...

1 novembre 2018

Report: 4 Million Californians Left College Without Earning a Degree

HomeBy Paul Fain. A new report from California Competes found that four million Californians between the ages of 25 and 64 completed some college courses but do not hold a degree. More...

1 novembre 2018

New Life for ACICS

HomeBy Paul Fain. Trump administration recommends restoring the controversial accreditor of many for-profits, citing a federal court ruling. Meanwhile, ACICS faces questions about its approval of a Danish business school's degree programs. More...

1 novembre 2018

Credentialing Evolves as Demand Grows for Middle-Skills Jobs

HomeBy Paul Fain. The bachelor's degree remains by far the best ticket to a well-paying job, according to new research from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, which defines "good jobs" as ones that pay at least $35,000 -- and an average of $56,000 for workers with less than a bachelor's degree. More...

1 novembre 2018

Degrees Outpace Job Requirements in Most Cities

HomeBy Paul Fain. A new report from the Urban Institute used federal data to analyze the "mix-match" between the share of residents with four-year degrees (or some college) and the share of jobs requiring college educations in 387 metropolitan areas. The institute found that mix-matches are common, and that this challenge is unlikely to change soon. More...

1 novembre 2018

Report on How Families Pay for College

HomeBy Paul Fain. Families spent an average of $26,458 on an undergraduate education during the most recently completed academic year, according the latest results of a survey Sallie Mae, the large student lender, has conducted since 2008. More...

1 novembre 2018

Survey: Professors as Mentors to Undergraduates

HomeBy Paul Fain. Professors are most likely to serve as mentors to undergraduate students, according to the results of a new survey, which found that 64 percent of recent graduates who reported having a mentor during college said their mentor was a professor. The next most common category was a college staff member. More...

1 novembre 2018

Google Curriculum, College Credit

HomeBy Paul Fain. Tech giant gets hands-on with its new online IT certificate, as a growing number of community colleges and Northeastern University create credit pathways with the curriculum. More...

1 novembre 2018

Admitting Those Who Don't Look Like You

HomeBy Rick Seltzer. Panel at NACAC takes on practices it identifies as reinforcing racism and white privilege in college admissions and counseling. More...

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