The lobbying group of for-profit colleges, APSCU, today released a report, "Best Practices in Recruitment and Admissions." State and federal authorities, and private lawyers, have been investigating for-profit colleges, and winning settlements, arbitrations, and jury verdicts in cases where recruiters used coercive tactics and made false promises to prospective students about college costs, job placement rates, and other critical matters.
It is always good when politicians can recognize the error of their ways. State Sen. Robert W. Singer, R-Ocean, has done just that. Last week, Singer withdrew his support for a controversial bill that would exempt private nonprofit colleges and universities from local zoning rules.
Earlier this month, George Washington University admitted to taking requests for financial aid into consideration for admission decisions, misleading applicants with its self-professed “need-blind” status.
Wake Forest University was one of four North Carolina schools recognized as best values among private universities and liberal arts colleges by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, the magazine said Friday.
With thousands of seats in private engineering colleges lying vacant in recent years, some colleges are mulling the option of converting the technical institution into an arts and science institution, as there is a rise in the enrolment in arts and science courses.