Community colleges feeling the heat
Community colleges serve many purposes — vocational certificates, remediation, training for nurses and computer technicians, recreational courses and providing the first two years toward a...
View ArticleFewer profits, more scrutiny at for-profit colleges?
For-profit colleges have undergone a great deal of scrutiny lately, in part because they are getting a second look from students at overburdened community colleges and in part because they promise to...
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For-profit colleges on edge awaiting new rules, guidance
Deputy undersecretary Robert Shireman has lots to say on for-profit schools The fast-growing sector of for-profit colleges is nervously awaiting the outcome of new rules President Barack Obama is...
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Should private college counselors adhere to ethics code?
At a time when President Barack Obama is pushing more and more Americans to get college degrees, the students who are already planning on going are trying harder than ever to position themselves for...
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Do for-profit schools do a better job with low-income students?
For-profit colleges have had their share of negative attention lately, with a Democratic Senate committee calling for tougher oversight and regulation, and reports focusing on the excessive debt their...
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Reversing lagging U.S. college completion rates: What will it take?
There was a time when the U.S. could boast it had the highest percentage of its adult population aged 25-34 with college degrees, but it’s been a long time since anyone could make that claim. Lately,...
View ArticleRecess round-up: August 2, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Budgets: California schools have less money than most other states, but their teachers are the most highly...
View ArticleRecess round-up: August 18, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Community colleges: In Boston, some students are burning the midnight oil in an attempt to move from a job to...
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Will Republicans reduce the federal ‘footprint’ in education?
Is it really a new day for education in the U.S.? There is no dearth of opinions — or questions — about what could change now that Republicans have taken control of the House of Representatives in...
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Survey: Colleges looking for students who can pay, some willing to lower...
With the economy still sagging, many colleges and universities are focusing on students who can afford to pay more of the costs of attending, according to a survey by Inside Higher Ed. The survey,...
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