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Career College Sector of Higher Education
Kevin Kuzma, Editor
Rolling up what has mostly seemed like an "unwelcome mat" to for-profit schools, the U. S. Department of Education (DOE) opened its doors to speakers from all sectors of higher education at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. yesterday for a series of public hearings on its "gainful employment" rule.
The DOE is hosting the hearings as a follow-up to the official comment period for the "gainful employment" notice of proposed...
As I wrote on September 23 in this space, here, the Department of Education's (DOE) attempt to put more stringent regulations on for-profit colleges is an example of good intentions gone awry. Rather than expanding college opportunities and fighting fraud, the proposed new "gainful employment" ("GE") rules would instead limit college access (especially for minority students), raise taxpayer costs, and create new obstacles for employers eager to hire qualified workers....
Part of a government plan to more closely regulate the for-profit education sector in the United States has been delayed, after an outcry from school supporters.
The U.S. Department of Education announced on Sept. 24 that it would move forward with most of its tighter regulations on the for-profit education sector, which are designed to protect students from misleading recruitment practices and from running up huge debts, among other issues.
Those regulations will go into...
By Emily E. Sismour for University-bound.com
The U.S. Department of Education is trying to create a clear financial picture for students with a recently developed, not yet implemented regulation called "Gainful Employment." The Gainful Employment regulation along with many other new regulations are set to be put into action sometime in 2011. These new regulations have been conceived in response to the growing pressure over for-profit education's questionable recruitment...
Andrea Thomas tried the traditional college route.
After graduating from Ridgeland High School, she enrolled at one of the state's public universities, but she felt like a number and didn't have a base of support.
"I used to go back to my dorm room crying every day," Thomas, 22, said. "It was just too much, too fast."
She quit school and didn't know what she'd do until she saw a commercial for Antonelli College - an Ohio-based for-profit school...
