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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

This Week In Education: AM News: Edujobs Stalled, USDE Rules Delayed

This Week In Education: AM News: Edujobs Stalled, USDE Rules Delayed

AM News: Edujobs Stalled, USDE Rules Delayed

Aid to states, the jobless faces Senate hurdles AP: A bill providing jobless benefits and tens of billions of dollars in new aid for states and Medicare payments for doctors hangs by a thread in Congress despite lingering worries of another recession without it... Jobs-Bill Backers Searching For Strategy to Win Passage EdWeek: Supporters of a federal education jobs bill were still searching for a legislative vehicle late last week... 6a00e54f8c25c988340133ef5f8fd8970b-200wi Education" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/education/16education.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">Education Dept. Delays Rules on For-Profit Colleges NYT: The Education Department split off a decision on the treatment of for-profit college programs whose graduates do not earn enough to repay their loans... White House Proposes Tighter Rules for Recruiting Students WSJ: The rules, slated to take effect July 2011, would apply to the more than 600 colleges and universities supported by federal student aid. But some of the regulations take aim directly at for-profit higher education, a growing sector that federal officials want to rein in...Some for-profit schools face tougher recruiting restrictions under Obama planWashington Post: The Obama administration proposed to tighten oversight of the booming for-profit sector of higher education on Tuesday, with rules that aim to curtail aggressive recruiting practices and that require schools to disclose graduation and job-placement rates to prospective students...

Media: California Ed News Blog Joins Slew Of Others

Resized_Telephone_Receiver_1A newish blog called The Educated Guess has joined a crowded field of nonprofit funded education news blogs, according to this roundup that notes that education coverage is following the path of foundation-funded health care reform sites which have long been around. Written by a former San Jose Mercury News journalist named John Fensterwald, Educated Guess is funded by the Hewlett Foundation and housed at the Silicon Valley Education Foundation. Is it any good? No idea. Will it last? Who knows. But maybe you do. I won't bore you with my thoughts about the nonprofit model.