Submitted by Ray Bendici. The vise appears to be tightening at the for-profit education giant ITT Educational Services. Its profits are collapsing, its stock is below $2, and last Monday the company got bad news from the Education Department in Washington, a main overseer. More...
Submitted by Ray Bendici. Federal education officials are deciding whether to shut down the nation’s biggest accreditor of for-profit colleges over allegations that it overlooked deception by some of its schools. More...
Submitted by Ray Bendici. As policymakers and educators debate how to help high-schoolers from all backgrounds get to and through college, young people’s ideas about the support they need to succeed are sometimes left out of the discussion. More...
Submitted by Ray Bendici. Today at the White House, Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz and Education Secretary John King will host 15 higher education public and private institutions from across the country who are standing with the Obama Administration as founding partners in launching the Fair Chance Higher Education Pledge. More...
Submitted by Ray Bendici. The likelihood that a college student will make their way to the polls this November may have a lot to do with their major. More...
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. As lawmakers across the United States battle over whether to allow transgender Americans to use public restrooms that match their gender identities, universities are scrambling to ensure that dorms meet federal standards. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Covering much of one wall of Paul Richards’s office at the Calderstones School is an impressive collection of thank-you notes. Many are from students Richards, in his role overseeing the equivalent of the American junior and senior grades of high school, has successfully prodded into college. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Computer skills have become essential for nearly 80 percent of middle-skill jobs, but according to a new report, nearly a third (32 percent) of Americans between the ages of 16 and 29 have no work-related computer experience. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Cheng Nan has spent years trying to ensure that her 16-year-old daughter gets into a college near their home in Nanjing, an affluent city in eastern China. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. When it comes to educational heritage, Peru has little competition – its National University of San Marcos is the oldest university in the Western Hemisphere, chartered by Charles V in 1551 – but today, Peru’s educational institutes barely rank among its Latin American peers. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
