New York City's comptroller, John C. Liu, and the city's pension funds this week announced that they have filed shareholder proposals calling on DeVry University and Career Education Corp. to disclose data on student borrowing that is roughly the equivalent of what would have been required under the now-stalled federal "gainful employment" regulations.
Why is private college tuition so astronomically expensive these days? Ask an administrator, and they'll likely tell you that it's because they're taking money from the rich and giving it to the poor.
John C. Liu, comptroller of the City of New York, on Thursday called on two of the largest for-profit colleges to disclose data on their students’ loan-repayment rates and debt-to-income ratios, saying that he had submitted a shareholder proposal asking their parent companies to do so.
The Office of Admissions at New York University fielded a flurry of calls from rejected applicants who just couldn’t understand why they didn’t get into the prestigious private university. Some played the race card. Others just called and cried.
The Nitish regime has cleared the decks for establishing private varsities with the passing of the Bihar Private University Bill, 2013, by the Legislative Assembly.
The bill on private universities is to facilitate setting up of three new private universities in the state. These are Lakulish Yoga University at Ahmedabad, Team Lease Skills University-ITI at Tarsali in Vadodara and CU Shah University at Wadhwan in Surendranagar.
The private university Act was enacted in 2007 to reduce the burden on state universities, but only 11 private universities could start ever since. The outcome is rising number of students continue to put a strain on government universities.
While there has been no official communication from the government on reopening of colleges under its administration, many private engineering colleges in and around the city have asked their students to get back to classes on Monday after close to a month’s closure owing to the anti-Sri Lanka protests.
Releasing land bought for setting up private universities in Himachal Pradesh just got tougher with the state assembly today passing a law increasing the time frame from 25 to 40 years for permitting any land use change should an institution fail to function during the period.
Higher Education Minister S.B Dissanayake addressing the opening of the first phase of the Malabe private medical college teaching hospital yesterday said despite whatever criticism the government might face from the medical fraternity, it would continue its efforts to take private medical education to greater heights in Sri Lanka.
Bihar State Private University Bill 2013 was passed on Tuesday by voice vote in the state assembly, clearing the deck for setting up of private universities and related institutions of higher learning in the state.
Condoms are handed out like lollipops at many public and private universities across the country. But at Boston College, distributing rubbers on campus is now grounds for expulsion.
The questionable award of 66 PhDs at the Kampala International University in Uganda resulted from a failure by the institution to adhere to governance principles, an investigation by the independent Daily Monitor has revealed.
Among those seeking their help are private universities such as Amity University and NIIT University, school chains such as Indus World school, and education solution companies. The education sector has hitherto relied on word-of-mouth publicity to hire people.
MPs and members of New Brunswick’s queer community are demanding answers after a private religious university that prohibits homosexual activity among employees was awarded $6 million in the federal government’s 2013 action plan.
In clear violation of the Supreme Court of India's orders and audacious contempt of law, five reputed colleges have been caught in the middle of the rot in the country's medical education system. A CNN-IBN sting operation covering three states has exposed how private medical and dental colleges are illegally selling post graduate seats to the highest bidders.
A group of 19 private colleges in Georgia have struck a deep transfer agreement with the state’s technical college system, guaranteeing admission to any student with a grade-point average of at least 2.5 and an associate of science or applied science from one of the state’s 25 technical colleges.
Similarly, the National Universities Commission (NUC) has licensed several private universities based on the population of prospective applicants for admission. The driving force of the decisions of the NUC has been the need to broaden access to university education regardless of the consequence on the quality of university education. In the end, several public and private universities have consistently failed to meet the requirements for accreditation by the NUC, putting students in dire situations.
To improve treatment for tuberculosis, the Department of Health and Family Welfare is collaborating with private hospitals and private medical colleges in the State.
Rajasthan Technical University (RTU) has an outstanding amount of Rs 4 crore on 20 private engineering colleges on account of development fees yet to be paid by them for the last five years despite repeated reminders. The university has now decided to tighten the noose on defaulters while sending them final notices informing to stop affiliation of major defaulters and to deduct number of seats of minor defaulters.
Uncertainty continues over the method of admission for MBBS and BDS courses in private medical colleges as they have advertised to conduct their own entrance tests. Things will depend on the Supreme Court verdict on whether the colleges will draw students from National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) or from their own entrance exam.
The Education and Training Employees Association (ETEA) has announced that two more groups of teaching faculty from private post-secondary institutions in downtown Vancouver have voted to unionize with them.
Some of Michigan’s private colleges are pushing for more racial and ethnic diversity, but are not necessarily actively seeking more religious diversity.
Students at some private colleges and trade schools could receive more state grant money under one of several financial aid measures that passed a legislative committee Tuesday.
Administrators and students at Egypt's private Misr International University are locked in a dispute following protests that turned violent, forcing the suspension of classes.
Engineering aspirants' wait for clarity on fee structure in private colleges for various courses just got longer. The deadline set by the higher education minister to finalize fee of private engineering colleges under CET expired on Wednesday with the department of higher education remaining silent.
The non-aided D Ed colleges' management association has alleged that the recent move of issuing show-cause notices for compliance to the colleges was part of an official conspiracy to close down all non-aided private colleges imparting diploma courses in teaching.
As many as 150 students of three private colleges, studying bachelor of dental studies (BDS), knocked the doors of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya ( DAVV), blaming the authorities for poor results and assessment in internal examination here recently.
London School of Marketing has recently released a whitepaper which reviews the private college sector as an alternative option to studying in publically funded universities. This whitepaper takes an in-depth look at the benefits, disadvantages and risks associated with private colleges in the UK.
To enhance the quality of education and improve the schools’ facilities, the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) on Thursday insisted that “tuition hike is inevitable” especially for private schools.
A senior functionary of N M Institute of Engineering and Technology (NMIET) was arrested here on Tuesday, a day after a girl of the private institute allegedly committed suicide following allegation of harassment over non-payment of dues.
Allowances sent from home to freshmen at private colleges in the 2012 academic year fell to a record low average of ¥89,500 per month, a recent Tokyo college staff union poll has found.
Kuching plays host to a myriad of private colleges – whether they are subsidiaries of universities or university colleges established in West Malaysia or private institutions that conduct franchised programmes from fully-fledged universities. BizHive Weekly talks to three major college players, namely Sunway College Kuching, Segi College Kuching and FTMS International Kuching, on their thoughts about the industry and future growth plans.
Eight out of the 17 private schools, colleges and universities in this city were allowed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Zamboanga peninsula (Region 9) to increase their respective tuition fees effective school year 2013-2014.
The improvement reflects a major shift in the educational sector over the past decade, including an expansion in the higher education section sector in terms of new private universities and colleges.
Bryant University is set to strengthen ties with China by signing new partnership agreements with two universities when a delegation led by a senior Chinese education official visits the private school in Smithfield over the weekend.
Mount Kenya University deputy vice chancellor Evans Kerosi said the move will increase the number of students in private universities to be admitted through a joint admission board.
But students say it's not enough because the system is still fails them with poor public schools, expensive private universities, unprepared teachers and unaffordable loans.
The Private Universities Students Association of Ghana (PUSAG) has called on the National Service Secretariat (NSS) to reconsider its intention of deploying national service personnel to direct traffic.
One of the nation's premier private universities has agreed to recognize a pro-life student organization – but only after the palable threat of legal action. Johns Hopkins University had denied the petition of Voice for Life on March 12 and 26, but the university's Student Government Association (SGA) Judiciary Committee granted approval last night.
Clearing the decks for private institutions to enter the field of higher education in Maharashtra, the state cabinet on Tuesday approved model guidelines for opening private varsities.
The state government on Wednesday withdrew its earlier bill on self-financed private universities to include 50% caste-based reservation. The bill was passed in the assembly in August 2011, but the governor had refused to sign it into law in the absence of the reservation clause. The amended bill is expected to be approved in the ongoing or monsoon session.
The recent establishment of a Private University Professors’ Union is the first step toward helping instructors in the vital private-education sector achieve benefits and other demands, but reaching that ultimate goal will likely be long and arduous.
The government of Sri Lanka says that private education is a necessity to meet the demands of the youth population in the country. Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake said the government would support to develop private medical education in the country.
Decks have been cleared for private institutions to enter the field of higher education in Bihar with the state assembly passing the Bihar Private Universities Bill, 2013 on Tuesday.
Bihar State Private University Bill 2013 was passed on Tuesday by voice vote in the state assembly, clearing the deck for setting up of private universities and related institutions of higher learning in the state.
The National Union of Students of the Philippines challenged private higher education institutions (HEIs) to follow the move of the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) to implement a tuition hike moratorium.
After providing a free undergraduate education for around 100 years, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art will begin charging students to attend in the fall of 2014. Students will still receive a big break, amounting to a 50% discount on the cost of tuition, but the days of full scholarship are over.
The higher-education company DeVry Inc. is facing inquiries from the offices of the attorneys general of Illinois and Massachusetts, according to a corporate filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
For the last three years, the senator has been in the spotlight for investigating for-profit colleges. In what Republicans denounced as a partisan witch hunt, he found that for-profit universities and colleges were receiving a growing share of federal student aid but spending much of the money on marketing and aggressive (sometimes fraudulent) recruiting, while students were taking on excessive debt, quickly dropping out and, all too often, landing in default.
SEIU joined with a large coalition of progressive groups calling on President Obama to reinforce the "gainful employment" requirement for career educational programs, specifically for-profit colleges and universities. SEIU was joined by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the United States Student Association, the NAACP, and dozens of other organizations in sending a letter to the President on Monday.
Even as the state government has paved the way for the opening of private universities in Bihar, the higher education scenario is unlikely to change much. A vast majority of the state's youth would continue to receive their higher education in the existing colleges and universities which depend solely on government grants. And, the state exchequer would have to cough up big grants to these government-funded institutions.
Khaled also said that there are 130,000 places available at the 37 private universities, 20 university colleges, 418 private colleges and seven international branch campuses in the country.
There is absolutely no demand for more engineering colleges in the state. It is going to be tough for the new private colleges to find students and faculty. Nearly 25,000 BE seats were vacant last year and it will be extremely difficult to woo students
Even before the SSC examination results are out the corporate Intermediate colleges have already commenced classes for the first year Intermediate students in the name of bridge course, flouting the rules of the Board of Intermediate Education.
When it comes to paying for their children's education, parents have many options. While they probably know they can take advantage of loans, adults may not have heard of other lesser-known options, such as the Private College 529 Plan.
After winning over administrators at a few private colleges with small endowments and receiving some national press, the movement to get colleges and universities to divest their endowments from fossil fuel companies is starting to ramp up pressure on wealthy universities. Groups recently generated headlines at institutions such as Cornell University and Brown University, which had endowments of $4.9 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively, as of June 2012.
The state government on Wednesday indicated that it was open to initiating the process of derecognizing 17 private medical and dental colleges found to have violated norms during the admission process in 2012-13.
Some private universities and colleges in Cebu will be implementing tuition increases from 5 percent to 10 percent for the coming school year this June.
JKBOSE has made it clear that private colleges have breached the rules since JKBOSE approved admission of only 12,000 candidates for the session 2011-2013 whereas colleges added 14,000 more. Adherence to rules under no circumstances should have been grossly violated and if it happened the problem lies with the administration of the private colleges and institutions
Downers Grove-based DeVry Inc., operator of private colleges and training schools, said in an SEC filing that its practices are being investigated by the attorneys general in Illinois and Massachusetts.
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Interim President Eric Darr today announced a freeze of tuition for the 2013-14 school year, keeping the school's tuition nearly $6,000 below the average for private universities in Pennsylvania and more than $8,700 below the national average for private universities.
Various teachers and student organisations opposed the proposal to allow autonomous colleges in the state at the hearing organised by the N R Madhva Menon committee appointed by the Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) on Thursday to discuss the draft report on the scheme.
Swarthmore College announced this week that it would commission an external review of its policies and procedures for handling sexual misconduct on campus.
As college costs rise around the country, some small private colleges are finding a new way to attract students—by offering financial incentives. Some are offering discounts. Others are freezing tuition. But New England College in Henniker has come up with its own plan to attract a wider range of students.
The delay by the State government in deciding on fee structure and seat-sharing matrix for admission to professional colleges through the Common Entrance Test (CET) has irked private engineering colleges.
All Kerala Private College Teachers’ Association (AKPCTA) has called upon the Higher Education Council not to make recommendation for the introduction of autonomous colleges in the State.
The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether a former Wabash College student who was injured when his fellow fraternity members tried to force him into shower was a victim of hazing or horseplay.
Hurt by Medical Council of India's apathy towards government medical colleges in Vidarbha, which has led to refusal of increased post-graduation seats, the Nagpur branch of Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded resignation of all three members from the state on the MCI board of governors.
President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday stated that the establishment of public universities at areas where private tertiary institutions exist was not a move to compete with them, but to complement their efforts.
In what it characterizes as “a decidedly bold move,” Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is freezing its tuition at current levels for the 2013-14 school year despite “a climate where higher education costs continue to increase.”
Receiving an increasing demand from students across the country, private universities have started the entrance exams in both offline and online formats.
The Commission on Higher Education has advised private schools against increasing tuition and commended a moratorium on increases imposed in state universities and colleges, officials said on Monday.
US policymakers should not overlook the positive aspects of for-profit colleges, a study has argued. The report from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a right- leaning thinktank based in New York, says that politicians - and journalists - are too quick to highlight for-profits’ poor graduation levels, higher loan default rates and patchy graduate employment record, while overlooking their strengths.
In my first column I mentioned my decision to join other colleagues in higher education who have taken the risk to cross sectors from traditional higher education to for-profit. A reader picked up on me using the term “risk” and asked if I would expand on that.
Bridgeport Education (NYSE:BPI) is a holding company that operates for-profit colleges Ashford University and University of the Rockies with both live and online classes. Though the company has seen criticism for its recruiting practices, it remains profitable.
Students at West Michigan private colleges and universities will have to dig deeper into their pockets next fall to pay for school, as tuition is set to grow between 3.3 percent and 6.8 percent.
Oklahoma lawmakers and higher education officials hailed an increase in degrees awarded by the state's colleges and universities as a testament to the strength of the partnership between the state higher education system and the private institutions around the state.
The Bangalore University Task Force has recommended the varsity not to approve admissions made by private colleges that do not have the university affiliation.
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will file a review petition in the Supreme Court next week on the apex court’s order allowing private colleges to conduct MBA and MCA courses without AICTE’s permission.
Federation of Associations of Managements of Unaided Professional Educational Institutions in India has appealed to the Kerala government to go ahead with the reforms in education sector.
Several private colleges in the state have siphoned off crores of rupees of the government-sponsored post-matric scholarship scheme by faking identities of 25,000 poor students, a top higher education department official said.
When the trustees of Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art voted this week to start charging for an undergraduate degree, it ended the institution’s lengthy reign as the most famous tuition-free private college in America.
The Harper government has awarded over $20 million of its infrastructure funding to Christian colleges and universities since the launch of the Knowledge Infrastructure Program in 2009.
A TOTAL of 30 private higher education schools in Western Visayas will increase their tuition and other school fees by nine percent as approved by the Commission on Higher Education (Ched).
DAVV students are in jitters. Semester examinations are delayed and private colleges blame it on the university. The students have been forwarding applications and protesting constantly over the issue.
University of Indianapolis announced on Wednesday that it was no longer accepting new students to Indianapolis Athens College for the summer summer and that all undergraduate courses and most graduate courses would stop on August 31
THERE will be a 10 per cent decrease in tuition fees at private and state-run universities for the 2013-2014 academic year, Minister of Education Kyriacos Kenevezos announced yesterday.
Thursday’s education protest organized by the Student Federation of Private Universities (Mesup) ended in violent clashes after police attempted to prevent demonstrators from reaching the Education Ministry.
Governor H.R. Bhardwaj has cleared all private university Bills that were awaiting his assent. Sources in Raj Bhavan told The Hindu that there were no Bills proposing the establishment of private universities now pending with the Governor.
The majority of institutions on the global version of the list are private universities in the U.S., including Ivy League colleges such as Columbia, Yale, Cornell, Princeton and Brown.
For-profit colleges expand access to higher education for some students who might not otherwise attend college, but the payoff can be meager. In fact, graduates of for-profit colleges' two-year programs earn about the same as those who ...