Education groups urge regulation of for-profit colleges
A coalition of higher-education groups and advocacy organizations is urging the federal government to stick to its guns in its efforts to more tightly regulate the for-profit education industry.
Educators, advocates and industry analysts are waiting for the U.S. Department of Education to issue regulations that, among other things, would withhold federal funding from institutions whose graduates' debt-to-income ratio is too high.
The regulations are aimed at vocational or job-training programs, many of which are offered in the for-profit career
State again denied education stimulus funds
Educators, advocates and industry analysts are waiting for the U.S. Department of Education to issue regulations that, among other things, would withhold federal funding from institutions whose graduates' debt-to-income ratio is too high.
The regulations are aimed at vocational or job-training programs, many of which are offered in the for-profit career
State again denied education stimulus funds
It was bad enough that California, with a population of 36.9 million, was rejected by the Obama administration in its request for hundreds of millions of dollars in federal education Race to the Top funds.
In that grant competition, Delaware and Tennessee, with populations of only 885,000 and 6.2 million respectively, were the winners, walking away with $600 million between the two of them.
Now, California's application for improving its longitudinal data system to track students from pre-kindergarten through high school, college and into the workplace has also been given the cold shoulder. The system would
In that grant competition, Delaware and Tennessee, with populations of only 885,000 and 6.2 million respectively, were the winners, walking away with $600 million between the two of them.
Now, California's application for improving its longitudinal data system to track students from pre-kindergarten through high school, college and into the workplace has also been given the cold shoulder. The system would
