They've managed to get entire graduating classes into college.
(Bloomberg) — For-profit colleges more than doubled spending on lobbying and hired six former members of the U.S. Congress this year to fight regulations that threaten the industry. Ten education companies and their trade association spent $3.8 million on lobbying in the first nine months of 2010, up from $1.5 million in the comparable period […]
More work is needed to increase students' and schools' understanding of mutual benefits.
by R. Asmerom Medical school is not an easy venture for any aspiring doctor. Not only is it a tasking profession but one which is extremely competitive. So competitive that many American medical students go overseas to the Caribbean to take advantage of programs like the one offered by Ross University in Dominica. According to […]
Student loan debts have reached crisis levels, especially for blacks.
(U.S. News and World Report) — If you need to borrow to finance your education, federal student loans should be first on your menu. Congress and the U.S. Department of Education regulate federal student loans, setting maximum interest rates, borrowing limits, and other important loan terms. These loans come in loads of different flavors. Here’s a taste […]
(Wall Street Journal) — Despite New York City’s real-estate and population boom over the past decade, higher-education institutions added only about 2.5 million square feet of space in the city since 2000. Now colleges and universities are playing catch-up, according to a recent report by commercial real-estate firm Cassidy Turley. Currently, higher-education institutions control 112 […]
(AJC) — Next year, Georgia will become one of the first states in the country to offer electronic testing for the General Educational Development exam, also known as the GED. It may seem like an overdue evolution for the 68-year-old test, which more than 788,000 Americans took last year to earn high school equivalency in […]
(Washington Post) — Whenever Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez(D-Ill.) and other immigrant-rights advocates asked President Obama how a Democratic administration could preside over the greatest number of deportations in any two-year period in the nation’s history, Obama’s answer was always the same. Deporting almost 800,000 illegal immigrants might antagonize some Democrats and Latino voters, Obama’s skeptical supporters said the […]
(The Network Journal) – As many Americans scrounge for holiday deals, they might consider plunking those dollars saved into a college-savings fund for their children or grandchildren. But what’s the best place to park money that needs to grow at a rate to keep up with rapidly rising tuition costs? It might be a 529 […]
(Bloomberg) — Wall Street investment firms’ pursuit of short-term gains interferes with the educational goals of the for-profit colleges they invest in, said U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, chairman of the education committee. Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which owns 39 percent of Education Management Corp., is among Wall Street firms that “have no interest in the […]
(Washington Post) — Howard University is concluding the broadest academic review in its 143-year history, hoping to shed weak programs and bolster strong ones to compete in the increasingly fierce contest for America’s top black scholars. Howard offers 171 academic programs, an uncommonly large number for a university of 10,500 students. The range is a […]