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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.