College, Inc.: For-profit colleges


Posted at 01:09 PM ET, 04/25/2012

Capella, Sophia.org release 25,000 free academic tutorials
By Daniel de Vise
The site, Sophia.org, offers free stuff to educators and students.

By Daniel de Vise  |  01:09 PM ET, 04/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  For-profit colleges | Tags:  for-profit education, online education

Posted at 09:09 AM ET, 04/11/2012

ACT College president defends late aid payments
By Daniel de Vise
Federal officials say the college intentionally kept aid dollars from students; college leader says the problem was an obsolete record system.

By Daniel de Vise  |  09:09 AM ET, 04/11/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Aid, Finance, For-profit colleges | Tags:  student aid

Posted at 10:24 AM ET, 12/22/2011

Guest post: Eight thoughts on higher education in 2012
By Daniel de Vise
Today’s guest bloggers offer four causes for concern and four reasons for hope.

By Daniel de Vise  |  10:24 AM ET, 12/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  For-profit colleges, Pedagogy, Public policy, Students, Technology, Online

Posted at 05:40 PM ET, 12/13/2011

The 10 lowest college graduation rates in D.C., Md. and Va.
By Daniel de Vise
The “bottom 10” include a handful of for-profit colleges, high-poverty HBCUs, a night school and a Christian campus in central Virginia.

By Daniel de Vise  |  05:40 PM ET, 12/13/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Attainment, For-profit colleges | Tags:  University of the District of Columbia, University of Maryland, University College

Posted at 11:31 AM ET, 12/12/2011

Study: Two-fifths of high school graduates are unprepared for college or the workforce
By Daniel de Vise
Fully 40 percent of graduates are ready for neither college nor the workforce, according to the authors of a new study.

By Daniel de Vise  |  11:31 AM ET, 12/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Access, Attainment, Community Colleges, For-profit colleges, Pedagogy, Research | Tags:  Johns Hopkins University

Posted at 10:46 AM ET, 12/07/2011

Guest post: In defense of federal student aid
By Daniel de Vise
A college president and former beneficiary of federal aid contends that the program should be seen as an investment.

By Daniel de Vise  |  10:46 AM ET, 12/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Aid, Public policy, For-profit colleges

Posted at 07:58 PM ET, 11/22/2011

GAO report alleges low standards at for-profits
By Daniel de Vise
One undercover student handed in photographs in lieu of an essay and got credit. Several gained admission using bogus diplomas.

By Daniel de Vise  |  07:58 PM ET, 11/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  For-profit colleges, Public policy

Posted at 06:06 PM ET, 09/13/2011

For-profit colleges release “responsible conduct” standards
By Daniel de Vise
Industry coalition proposes ethical rules for for-profit colleges

By Daniel de Vise  |  06:06 PM ET, 09/13/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Admissions, For-profit colleges | Tags:  Kaplan Higher Education

Posted at 02:19 PM ET, 06/14/2011

University of the People: Tuition-free higher education
By Daniel de Vise
Pasadena school offers courses at little or no charge to students who could not otherwise afford a college education.

By Daniel de Vise  |  02:19 PM ET, 06/14/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Access, For-profit colleges, Online | Tags:  University of the People

Posted at 11:23 AM ET, 04/11/2011

Budget deal funds Pell, doesn’t block for-profit rules
By Daniel de Vise
The cuts to need-based Pell grants that had been widely feared by Pell supporters did not happen.

By Daniel de Vise  |  11:23 AM ET, 04/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Aid, For-profit colleges, Public policy | Tags:  for-profit colleges, Education Department, Pell Grants

Posted at 02:44 PM ET, 04/07/2011

Maryland moves to regulate for-profit colleges
By Daniel de Vise
General Assembly jumps in ahead of slower-moving federal regulation effort

By Daniel de Vise  |  02:44 PM ET, 04/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  For-profit colleges, Marketing, Public policy | Tags:  Kaplan, for-profit colleges, Maryland

Posted at 12:22 PM ET, 03/02/2011

Cal State's Reed: Don't cut Pell grant program
By Daniel de Vise
California State University broke with years of tradition in the 2008 downturn by adopting competitive admissions. For the first time in a long time, California students in the top third of their classes with B averages weren't guaranteed admission. Since...

By Daniel de Vise  |  12:22 PM ET, 03/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Access, Administration, Admissions, Aid, Attainment, Community Colleges, Finance, For-profit colleges, Public policy, Publics | Tags:  Cal State University, California higher education, Charles Reed CSU, Pell grants, higher education cuts

Posted at 06:58 PM ET, 09/22/2010

For-profit higher ed company opens national ad campaign
By Daniel de Vise
A national ad campaign by for-profit higher education provider Corinthian Colleges Inc. seeks to draw decision-makers and the broader public into a long-simmering debate over whether the federal government should tighten regulations on colleges that operate for profit.

By Daniel de Vise  |  06:58 PM ET, 09/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  For-profit colleges, For-profit colleges, For-profit colleges, For-profit colleges, For-profit colleges, For-profit colleges | Tags:  Corinthian Colleges ad, for-profit ad campaign, for-profit colleges, for-profit higher education, for-profit lobbying, gainful employment

Posted at 06:09 PM ET, 09/10/2010

Kaplan responds to Education Department
By Daniel de Vise
In a letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, released late Friday, Kaplan CEO Andrew S. Rosen proposed what amounts to a money-back guarantee for customers in its for-profit Kaplan Higher Education division. The letter, dated Sept. 8, was in response...

By Daniel de Vise  |  06:09 PM ET, 09/10/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  For-profit colleges | Tags:  Kaplan Washington Post, for-profit colleges, for-profit higher education

Posted at 03:28 PM ET, 08/24/2010

Higher ed community focuses on Post, Kaplan
By Daniel de Vise
In a lead news article today headlined "Watching a Watchdog," the industry publication Inside Higher Ed draws attention to what it terms rising concerns among higher education observers about the editorial independence of The Washington Post in covering for-profit higher...

By Daniel de Vise  |  03:28 PM ET, 08/24/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  For-profit colleges, For-profit colleges | Tags:  For-profit colleges, Kaplan Washington Post, Washington Post for-profit, for-profit higher education

Posted at 05:30 PM ET, 08/16/2010

Feds publish for-profit loan repayment rates
By Daniel de Vise
A spreadsheet published late Friday by the federal Education Department answers a much-debated question in the federal effort to regulate for-profit colleges: Can students at for-profit schools repay their loans? The department released loan repayment rates for individual colleges. The...

By Daniel de Vise  |  05:30 PM ET, 08/16/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  For-profit colleges, For-profit colleges, For-profit colleges, For-profit colleges, For-profit colleges | Tags:  Corinthian Colleges, Kaplan University, Strayer University, for profit colleges, for profit stocks, for-profits