The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Region 12 has endorsed for approval by its central office the application of 16 private colleges and universities in the region to increase their tuition and other fees this school year.
With the annual cost of attendance at many private colleges and universities now exceeding $50,000, some of these schools are coming up with creative ways to get more low-income students to apply.
After scanning for laws in states across the country that allow illegal institutes of higher education to be prosecuted, with no success, the Goa government has sat down to formulate its own regulation that will punish those offering higher education courses without approvals from bodies like the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and University Grants Commission.
It is high school graduation season. Many of the new grads are among the 1 million people who will walk into a so-called "for-profit school" like Sanford Brown. As NewsChannel 5 I-Team reporter Farrah Fazal discovered, they may walk out with a piece of paper that is worthless.
The Karnataka government is keen on implementing the provisions of a 2006 law to regulate admission and determine the fee structure in private medical, dental and engineering colleges.