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Date: August 27th, 2008
Author: Career College News
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(MarketWatch)
Kaplan University today announced the launch of Kaplan MyPath(TM), a new program that utilizes career planning and student success diagnostics to help students craft a course of study that maximizes their career potential. Kaplan is among the first online universities to utilize these assessment tools among all freshmen to address study skills and career focus before they begin their academic program.
“Kaplan MyPath will help us identify students’ learning strengths and weaknesses so that we can provide the tools they need to be successful while at the same time giving them the ability to pinpoint careers that best suit their talents,” said Wade Britt, Executive Director of Academic Operations at Kaplan University. “Many college students change their majors three times before settling on a career path. By utilizing these assessments before students begin their academic program, we can help them personalize their education, zero in on their career goals and have a stellar academic experience.”
Most Kaplan University students pursue their degrees online because the web platform offers convenience and flexibility for those who are juggling work and family responsibilities while pursuing their education. Kaplan offers its students a wide variety of support tools, such as academic advising, online tutoring, career counseling and success coaching, to make pursuing their post secondary education less daunting. The new Kaplan MyPath program takes the University’s student support services one step further. Read full story.
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Date: August 27th, 2008
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(Minyanville.com)
Imagine trying to chat up a hottie at a bar by saying, “I’ve got a degree from the University of Phoenix.”
Listen up, all you aspiring Don Juans: A degree from a for-profit university has no cachet. The sector survives by scooping up as many Federal student loan dollars as it possibly can. Uncle Sam won a multi-million dollar settlement from the University of Phoenix (APOL) for overly aggressive recruiting.
So, naturally, the for-profit education sector is booming and now enrolls about a million students nationwide.
The money-making enterprises don’t offer ivy-covered walls, football teams or endless bull sessions at the student union. They do, however, fill a need. Read full story.
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Date: August 27th, 2008
Author: Career College News
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(Barron’s)
Heading into the political conventions, we review the two parties’ emergent platforms with respect to higher education. As might be expected, both parties are strongly in favor of it.
On balance, we characterize both parties’ platforms as equally favorable for the publicly traded providers. The Democratic platform favors new spending – but focuses primarily on traditional students. The Republican platform appears to represent a more fluid continuation of current policies, which are more critical of the status quo among traditional not-for-profit schools.
The following highlights include content culled from a draft copy of the Democrat’s platform document by the Chronicle of Higher Education, and information from the two candidates’ Web sites.
The political focus of the Barack Obama plan is on improving affordability with a strong emphasis on traditional students. It includes more new funding than the John McCain proposals though these benefits may not be relevant to the majority of non-traditional students enrolled at Career Schools. Read full story.
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Date: August 25th, 2008
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(The New York Times)
MOST people struggling to pay off their student loans keep quiet about it. They do not want to acknowledge that, perhaps in a fit of naïve, youthful optimism, they borrowed more than they could handle.
Then there is Alan Collinge, who for years has described his struggle with tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt to anyone who will listen. He has appeared on “60 Minutes” criticizing Sallie Mae, the nation’s largest student lender, and has been quoted in the pages of this and other newspapers attacking loan companies.
“I’m sort of the complaint box for the industry,” says Mr. Collinge, who runs a Web site called StudentLoanJustice.org out of his spartan apartment here. Read full story.
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Date: August 25th, 2008
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(East Valley Tribune)
James Russell didn’t understand how letters form syllables, let alone how words link into whole statements, when he first walked into a Rio Salado College classroom eight months ago.
The 78-year-old couldn’t grasp enough written English to fill out a job application.
A heart attack ended Russell’s lawn service career last year. But retirement isn’t an option for a man without savings.
“I want to do something with my head instead of my back,” said Russell, who now reads at a fourth-grade-level thanks to community college classes.
Russell is a dramatic example of one of higher education’s greatest challenges: working adults.
Classes begin this week at the Valley’s universities and community colleges, where administrators are trying to expand programs for the population of older, busier students.
Despite those efforts, the number of older students at most of the state’s public institutions has stagnated. College officials blame budget constraints.
“There is always demand for adult education, and the demand is larger than what we can fill across the state,” said Kathy Price, coordinator of Rio Salado’s adult basic education program.
At Arizona State University, the number of students over the age of 35 actually shrunk slightly, enrollment data shows. That decline came in spite of the university’s overall growth and the creation of several programs to serve working adults.
But some institutions, particularly community colleges and private for-profit universities, are faring better. Read full story.
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