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17 juin 2018

For-Profit Free Fall Continues, U.S. Data Show

HomeBy Doug Lederman. An annual report from the National Center for Education Statistics finds that there were 2,791 for-profit colleges eligible to award federal financial aid in 2017-18, compared to 2,899 the year before and 3,436 in 2014-15, as previous versions of the reports showed. More...

17 juin 2018

Market Changes, Missteps and Marylhurst's Closure

HomeBy Doug Lederman. Marylhurst University's closure resulted from:
(a) Enrollment declines attributable mainly to changes in the job market.
(b) Increased competition from bigger, more visible players in the online and adult-serving markets.
(c) Poor decisions by university leaders, including bets on unlikely projects.
(d) All of the above.
Marylhurst, an independent institution near Portland, Ore., announced this month that it would close after 125 years, with its leaders saying they preferred it to die with dignity than limp on. More...

17 juin 2018

'Times' Columnist Portrays Athlete as Railroaded by Michigan State

HomeBy Doug Lederman. A column in the sports section of The New York Times asserts that a former Michigan State University football player was twice cleared of sexually assaulting a female student and then found responsible a third time during a proceeding he was not informed about. More...

17 juin 2018

2% Budget Increase for Illinois's Public Colleges

HomeBy Doug Lederman. In most states a 2 percent budget increase wouldn't exactly be cause for celebration. But Thursday's passage of a state budget in Illinois -- on time, no less -- brought praise from leaders in public higher education, given the decade-long tumult wrought by pension woes and political corruption, among other factors. More...

17 juin 2018

Belmont to Sell Campus of Recently Acquired Neighbor

HomeBy Doug Lederman. Belmont University is moving quickly to sell the campus of O'More College of Design, which it struck a deal with in February to house on its own campus, The Tennessean reported. More...

17 juin 2018

Chicago Settles Pension Lawsuit for $6.5 Million

HomeBy Doug Lederman. The University of Chicago has agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle a class action alleging that it failed its fiduciary duty to employees in ways that forced them to pay excessive fees in their retirement plan, Investment News reported. More...

17 juin 2018

California college systems collaborate on online course finder

HomeBy Doug Lederman. The California Community Colleges and California State University have teamed up to create a catalog of 10,000 classes that are transferable between the two systems, to improve students' ability to complete courses during the summer to speed their path to a degree. More...

17 juin 2018

'Ban the Box' Spreads to Britain

HomeBy Doug Lederman. British universities will no longer require applicants to declare previous criminal convictions, The Guardian reported. More...

17 juin 2018

2-Year Delay for State Authorization Rule

HomeBy Doug Lederman. The U.S. Education Department formally announced in the Federal Register last week what it implied earlier this month: it will delay for two more years implementation of its controversial regulations requiring online programs to show that they are approved to operate in every state where they enroll students. More...

17 juin 2018

DeVos Brought Back For-Profit Accreditor Her Own Department Faulted

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. The Trump administration on Friday released an internal staff report showing numerous failures at an accrediting body of mostly for-profit colleges whose federal recognition was restored by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos earlier this year. More...

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