The government will fix social responsibility and control private universities so that there will not be scope for monopoly, Ravi told mediapersons. He said seven institutions have applied for setting up private universities in the State.
Published tuition and fees at the nation’s private, nonprofit colleges and universities rose 3.9 percent for the 2012-13 academic year, the lowest rate in at least four decades, according to a survey by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU). At the same time, institutional student aid budgets at private colleges increased an average of 6.2 percent for 2012-13.
Private colleges increased their tuition by an average of 3.9 percent in 2012-13, the smallest rise in four decades, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities announced Thursday.
After more than a decade of phenomenal growth, private higher education institutions in China are beginning to face problems attracting students, with some colleges showing a significant drop in recruitment this year.
Resource constraints will make it difficult to meet the need of expanding higher education entirely through the public sector, hence private investments in higher education, including under PPP mode, would be encouraged," President Mukherjee said while addressing the fourth convocation of LNMU.
It’s what passes for good news on college costs these days: Private colleges and universities increased tuition 3.9 percent this fall, a rate well above overall inflation but the smallest increase in at least four decades, and substantially lower than prices have been rising at public universities.
As one of the major players in the Malaysian private higher-education institution sector, HELP International Corporation (HELP) which operates the HELP University is targeting to become a full-fledged private education provider in 2014.
Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake issuing a statement on the Supreme Court verdict which dismissed the Fundamental Rights petition filed against the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) said he was happy that the Malabe Private Medical College can now continue awarding degrees.
Tanzania has witnessed a significant growth of higher learning institutions since independence from one university in 60's to over 40 of them today. It is an undeniable fact that this development has been made possible by government policies to allow able private players to enter into providing higher learning education services especially from the late 1980's when Tanzania started embracing liberal policies.
The boom of private colleges and universities in the Czech Republic will be soon over as they have already fulfilled a high demand for degrees that politicians, policemen and other civil servants needed for their work, the daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) writes Wednesday.
Hawaii Pacific University has one of the worst graduation rates among private colleges and universities in the nation, with only 38.9 percent of students earning degrees within six years.
When the Foreign Educational Institutions (Regulations of Entry and Operations) Bill was introduced in parliament in 2010, no less than 50 foreign universities showed interest in setting up operations in India. Two years down the line, their interest seems to have dwindled
Emory University is apologising for years of anti-Semitism at its dental school, during which dozens of Jewish students were failed or forced to repeat courses, leaving many feeling inadequate and ashamed for decades despite successful careers.
Already under constant fire from Capitol Hill Democrats screaming for tighter regulations, the for-profit college sector now has bigger problems on its hands.
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Bridgepoint Education Inc. over the compensation of admissions staff members, the company announced Monday in a corporate filing. The for-profit is also facing a serious accreditation challenge for its Ashford University, which is scrambling to retain regional accreditation.
Amid all the concerns about affordability, value and consumer preference in the higher education arena today, some good news has surfaced that should give private colleges and universities optimism heading into the fall prospective-student visitation season.
Amid all the concerns about affordability, value and consumer preference in the higher education arena today, some good news has surfaced that should give private colleges and universities optimism heading into the fall prospective-student visitation season.
A canopy of solar cells, a nearly classroom-free academic center, cafes open to the public and even a hotel. The new campus of the Cornell University graduate school for technology is expected to transform Roosevelt Island from a sleepy bedroom community into a high-technology hothouse, and indeed, the plans to be formally unveiled for the campus on Monday bear little resemblance to anything that is there now.
The University of Phoenix, the nation’s largest for-profit university, is closing 115 of its brick-and-mortar locations, including 25 main campuses and 90 smaller satellite learning centers. The closings will affect some 13,000 students, about 4 percent of its student body of 328,000.
Last week the for-profit behemoth University of Phoenix said it would close 115 locations. The move comes on the heels of a late September decision by Kaplan Higher Education to stop new enrollment at nine of its sites and consolidate four campuses.
College tuition went up again this year, but two reports released today by the College Board show that institutions are not increasing tuition at the same rates they were in recent years, a potential sign that the widespread concern about high prices is beginning to penetrate board rooms at colleges and universities.
California's public higher education crisis has a flip side: swelling enrollment, expanding faculty, and state-of-the-art construction at the state's private colleges and universities.
Private Universities in India have grown from 16 to 140 in five years (124%) and from 100 to 140 in less than a year. This is astonishing growth as only universities in India have degree awarding power. Colleges are "affiliated" to universities as teaching institutions.
At private nonprofit four-year colleges, the increase was 4.2 percent, according to "Trends in College Pricing," released along with a companion report, "Trends in Student Aid," by the College Board on Wednesday.
President Barack Obama’s goal for America to have the highest number of college graduates in the world by 2020 took a slight dive after a recent report shows enrollment decreased last year.
There are strong indications that demand for higher education is outstripping supply. In January, Gloria Sekwena died and at least 20 other people were seriously injured when about 5,000 people stampeded in a desperate attempt to register at the last minute with the University of Johannesburg. The university received more than 85,000 applications for fewer than 12,000 places last year.
Camila Vallejo has come to the UK to deliver its students a message: learn from what privatisation did to higher education in Chile or your universities will suffer the same fate.
The draft bill also implies that private universities could benefit from public funding should the government deem this to be necessary and allocate money to them through parliament. “A private university shall account for any funds received from the government,” says section 50 of the legislation.
Advertisements touting for-profit universities are everywhere. Schools such as Apollo Group Inc. (APOL)’s University of Phoenix peddle instruction in person and online, promising that students can earn their degrees on their own time, in their own homes -- even in their pajamas.
The University of Phoenix spent the most money on Google Adwords -- roughly $170,000 per day -- in the third quarter of 2012, according to a recent report by Wordstream, an online advertising consulting firm, cited by the Daily Mail. Ask.com, Amazon.com, Zappos.com and Hotels.com came in second, third, fourth and fifth, respectively.
A college education -- even at a top private college or university -- doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg. Here are ten private schools from Kiplinger's 100 Best Values in Private Colleges and Universities where the net price tag per student -- the annual cost (tuition, fees, room and board, and books) to students after financial aid -- is $20,000 a year or less.
At the public University of Central Florida, tuition is cheap but amenities are few. Down the road at the private Full Sail, students pay more for a top-of-the-line education
The commercialisation of education, carried out by global corporations is the practice of disrupting the teaching and learning process in schools from kindergarten to universities by introducing advertising and other commercial activities in order to increase profit.
For the first time, a local public university grants autonomy to one of its faculties. THE PUTRA Business school, has become the first private entity within a public university.
At private colleges, enrolling about one-quarter of four-year college students, list prices remained substantially higher: $39,518 on average, including room and board. During the previous three years, net prices at private colleges had declined. But this year net tuition and fees increased about $780. Including room and board, but factoring in aid, the typical student at a private college is paying $23,840.
First, the law creates a paradox between state and private higher education institutions. Article 74 of the law stipulates that state higher education institutions have to receive at least 20 percent of their total enrollment from the economically disadvantaged, not from those who have high academic potential.
The cost of college went up again. The full cost for a year at a public college hit nearly $18,000. If that isn't sticker shock enough, the average cost of a private education is almost $40,000 per year.
Grand Canyon University, selected last month as the recipient of a 217-acre campus in Northfield, Mass., that was to be given to a Christian institution, has decided that it will not accept the property after all.
The Ministry of Education submitted its request to the National Council of Education (CNED) on Monday for the closure of Universidad del Mar, following a five-month audit. University officials, employees and students were not officially notified of the request and were instead informed of the possible closing upon reading local press publications.
Aquí en Costa Rica todo el mundo sabe qué ha pasado, pasa y, probablemente, seguirá pasando en el mundo de la educación. ¿A quiénes se pretende engañar?
En medio de la polémica sobre la masificación de las clases de derecho de la Universitat de Valencia, las Universidades privadas han aprovechado para vender la calidad de sus instalaciones a los futuros abogados, incluso dentro de las propias aulas de la Universitat de València.
Las universidades privadas aprovecharon el foro para “ablandar” a los precandidatos a favor del proyecto de creación de una Ley de Universidades Privadas, tema que ha enfrentado a estas organizaciones con la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH), ente que rectora la educación superior en Honduras.
La Coordinadora de Estudiantes de Educación Superior Privada envió una carta a la Confech, en la que reitera su interés de constituir un petitorio unido, solicitando la realización de una serie de gestos políticos que permitan avanzar hacia un trato igualitario a todos sus integrantes.
Los representantes de las principales universidades privadas del país demandarán al Estado. Esto porque se sienten afectadas por la aplicación de una directriz que entrabó la graduación de al menos 600 estudiantes de licenciatura.
Los investigadores Juan Dubra y Néstor Gándelman realizaron un estudio comparativo entre las investigaciones de las universidades privadas y la Universidad de la República en el área de la Economía. "La calidad promedio de los trabajos de las privadas es mayor que los de la UdelaR", afirman.
Alumnos, docentes y políticos acudieron al primer debate De frente, que permite conversar con los presidenciables y la Asociación Nacional de Universidades Privadas de Honduras.
Las universidades públicas y privadas del país no podrán impedir la asistencia a clases y evaluación de los alumnos que mantengan una deuda durante el ciclo lectivo que se curse, según plantea la propuesta legislativa del congresista Roberto Angulo.
Durante dos días, el foro De Frente organizado por la Asociación Nacional de Universidades Privadas de Honduras (Anuprih) sirvió para dar a conocer la postura y planes de gobierno de los precandidatos a la presidencia de la República, por los partidos tradicionales, de cara a la problemática de la nación y las posibles soluciones que le pudiesen dar.
Continúan las firmas de convenio entre el sector salud y universidades privadas de Reynosa; la intención es coadyuvar en el fortalecimiento de los conocimientos y la capacitación.
Confiesa que aún no ha acabado de asimilar la noticia. Para la rectora de la Universidad de Málaga (UMA), Adelaida de la Calle, la sorpresa que le ha causado el anuncio de la Universidad Católica de Murcia de abrir un campus en Málaga ha sido mayúscula. En su opinión «no es necesaria», porque cree que la oferta de titulaciones aquí es lo suficientemente amplia como para que todo el mundo pueda estudiar la carrera que desee y, si no, «pueda hacerlo en el resto de Andalucía, a poco más de cien kilómetros», puntualiza.
Sólo el diez por ciento de las universidades privadas con Reconocimiento de Validez Oficial de Estudios (Revoe) federal, alcanza estándares de reconocimiento internacional, es decir, que están acreditadas y hacen esfuerzos en materia de compromiso con la planeación y la calidad.
La Secretaría de Educación de Veracruz (SEV) inspecciona universidades privadas que operan en la entidad para que cumplan con los lineamientos de autoridades educativas federales y estatales. La directora para la Incorporación de Escuelas Particulares de la SEV, Ruth Callejas Roldán, comentó que el área a su cargo encontró inconsistencias administrativas en instituciones de educación superior que operan en la entidad, sin embargo, no profundizó en el tema porque continúan inspeccionándolas.
El secretario general de la Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores Universitarios (Contu), Enrique Levet Gorozpe, afirmó que 30 por ciento de la matrícula de alumnos universitarios del país estudia en universidades privadas.
Universidades particulares demandaron mayor seguridad ante el incremento en los casos de extorsiones y otros delitos, como el secuestro y asaltos. Las instituciones han intensificado sus sistemas de vigilancia, pero han recalcado que la responsabilidad de brindar la seguridad es de las autoridades.
El rector de la Universidad del Mar, Patricio Galleguillos Herrera, señaló a través de un comunicado de prensa que la entidad de educación superior privada no ha recibido ninguna notificación desde el Ministerio de Educación, que decrete el cierre de la universidad.