Jeff Horwitz, Associated PressStudentsAccreditor of For-profit Colleges Loses Appeal to Stay AliveWASHINGTON — Federal education officials are standing by their decision to cut ties with the nation’s largest accreditor of for-profit colleges — a ruling that will bar hundreds of schools from providing federal financial aid and likely force some to close. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, which oversees more than 250 institutions […]December 12, 2016StudentsReport: U.S. Didn’t Find Trouble at College Before it FailedWASHINGTON — Education Department reviewers found in 2013 that a major for-profit college chain had systematically raised students’ tuitions without properly telling them. As a result, the U.S. government demanded a refund — but only for the handful of students whose records had led to the discovery. Though the company’s schools had more than 100,000 […]April 12, 2016News RoundupU.S. to Fire Monitor Overseeing Formerly For-profit CollegesWASHINGTON ― The Education Department is removing a law firm hired to oversee the turnaround of schools owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc., a for-profit education company whose financial collapse had placed at risk more than $1 billion in federal student loans. An Associated Press investigation identified conflicts with the ostensibly independent monitor. The department said […]March 14, 2016StudentsTrouble Remains Following Failed For-profit Schools’ RevivalWASHINGTON ― Significant problems remain at a formerly for-profit college that the Obama administration rescued from near collapse, an Associated Press review has found, despite new federal oversight and pledges of a turnaround by the schools’ current nonprofit owner. Everest University was once the flagship brand of Corinthian Colleges Inc., a for-profit school chain. Allegations […]March 13, 2016News RoundupTrump: Judge’s Ethnicity Matters in Trump University SuitBENTONVILLE, Ark. ―Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is trying to deflect attention from a class-action civil lawsuit involving the former Trump University by pointing to the ethnic background of the judge in the case. Asked on “Fox News Sunday” what U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s ethnicity has to do with the lawsuit against him, Trump […]February 28, 2016Page 1 of 1