Collin Binkley, Associated PressStudentsFeds: More than 800 Career Programs Failing Their GradsHundreds of programs at for-profit colleges are at risk of losing federal funding unless their graduates start earning better wages, federal officials say. On Monday, the Education Department issued its first round of data measuring whether graduates of 8,700 career programs earn enough money to repay their student loans. It stems from the Obama administration’s […]January 9, 2017News RoundupFeds OK Sale of University of Phoenix Parent, if Terms MetThe federal government will allow one of the nation’s largest for-profit college companies to be sold only if the new owners put up $385 million as insurance and agree not to increase enrollment, among other terms. Apollo Education Group, the parent company of the University of Phoenix, agreed in February to be bought by a […]December 8, 2016StudentsFor-profit Colleges Expect Fortunes to Improve Under TrumpAfter nearing collapse under the Obama administration, the for-profit college industry is celebrating Donald Trump’s election as a chance for a rebound.November 29, 2016StudentsU.S. Colleges Look Outside China for New Foreign StudentsBOSTON —As a surge of students from China begins to level off, many U.S. colleges are expanding recruiting efforts in the Middle East, South Asia and Latin America in part to boost budgets that have come to rely on tuition dollars from international students. The number of Chinese students at U.S. colleges rose from 62,000 […]November 14, 2016StudentsNew Rules Aim to Help Students Clear Loans in Cases of FraudBOSTON ― The government has issued new rules meant to help students get their federal loans erased in cases involving fraud and misconduct by their schools. Federal education officials have been working to create a more detailed system for students to file claims since the Education Department received thousands of claims from former students of […]October 30, 2016StudentsAmid Scrutiny, For-profit Colleges See Enrollment SlideSome of the nation’s largest for-profit colleges are suffering steep declines in enrollment amid growing competition, new regulation and government pressure that led to the collapse this month of one of the industry’s biggest players, ITT Technical Institute. The industry has been losing students for the past six years, but the crisis appears to be […]September 22, 2016StudentsBody Donations on the Rise at U.S. Medical SchoolsMany U.S. medical schools are seeing a surge in the number of people leaving their bodies to science, a trend attributed to rising funeral costs and growing acceptance of a practice long seen by some as ghoulish. The increase has been a boon to medical students and researchers, who dissect cadavers in anatomy class or […]August 17, 2016StudentsRefugees and Scholars: Colleges Offer War-torn a Route to U.S.BOSTON ― Colleges in the U.S. are opening their doors ― and their financial aid ― to Syrian refugees. Over the past year, at least a dozen schools have promised to cover full or partial tuition for Syrian refugees who are accepted for enrollment. They join a coalition of more than 60 colleges that have […]May 25, 2016StudentsSecret Harvard Club Breaks Silence, Followed by an ApologyBOSTON — A Boston business chief who broke the public silence of a 225-year-old Harvard all-male club apologized after critics said his comments blamed women for sexual assault. Charlie Storey, the president of Boston’s Harpoon Brewery, wrote a letter to Harvard’s student newspaper defending the school’s social clubs for refusing to accept women. He was […]April 14, 2016StudentsMore Colleges Telling Students to Leave Hoverboards at HomeBOSTON ―One of the holiday’s hottest presents is now considered contraband at many U.S. colleges. More than 30 universities have banned or restricted hoverboards on their campuses in recent weeks, saying the two-wheeled, motorized scooters are unsafe. Beyond the risk of falls and collisions, colleges are citing warnings from federal authorities that some of the […]January 7, 2016Previous PagePage 2 of 3Next Page
