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Colleges Slow to Adjust to New Norm of Part-Time Students
Universities and colleges are slow to adjust to the new student: one who isn’t full-time and living on-campus, but the adult, working college student. At an event held by the libertarian think tank Cato Institute,…
Academia’s for-profit Angst
While the academic world is overwhelmingly either non-profit or attached to state and local governments, left-leaning academics are warning of the danger of the relatively tiny for-profit sector in higher education.
Post’s For-Profit Prop
Further embarrassment ensued when Graham essentially took the Fifth and refused to name the members of the House and Senate he has personally lobbied in order to stave off proposed federal regulations that will cut into the profits of a Washington Post Company subsidiary, Kaplan.
Crackdown on For-Profit Schools
Last week, U. S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing on for-profit institutions.
For-Profits Fight Accountability
In yet another attempt to avoid being judged by tangible standards like everyone else, some colleges are fighting legislation designed to hold them accountable for their efforts.
Colleges Choking On Cash
School officials have no trouble finding projects to spend budget dollars on: Duke University, for example, gives each freshman a cutting-edge high tech i-pod for no particular reason.
Higher Education’s Debt Kiss
The U. S. Department of Education wants for-profit colleges to prove that their graduates are gainfully employed. For their part, the for-profits claim that their non-profit counterparts would fail such a test.
For Profit or Unions?
The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) held an online discussion via Google Plus on the role of for-profit colleges and universities such as DeVry University or University of Phoenix.
Academics Max On Obama
Nonetheless, a look at the relatively tiny proportion of academia made up of for-profit colleges reveals a trend in the opposite direction.