I will let you decide after you read this Bloomberg article.
Obama Cracks Down on For-Profit Colleges, Links Loans to Income
U.S. secretary of education Arne Duncan. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg
The Obama administration released a proposal that would tighten for-profit colleges’ access to federal student aid, threatening growth in the industry that received $26.5 billion in U.S. funds last year.
The proposed rules released today by the U.S. Department of Education would link U.S. student aid eligibility at Apollo Group Inc., ITT Educational Services Inc., Career Education Corp. and other education companies to former students’ salaries and debt repayment rates. The rules may cut off access to federal student grants and loans at about 5 percent of all for- profit education programs, Secretary Arne Duncan said in a telephone call with reporters yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
I ran across this from the Babson Survey Research Group and College Board:
Online enrollments have continued to grow at rates far in excess of the total higher education student population, with the most recent data demonstrating no signs of slowing.
· Over one quarter of higher education students now take at least one course online.
· Institutions with online course offerings only are reporting a 66% increase in demand for new online courses and programs.
Sometimes the pure meaning of leadership gets lost in a myriad of definitions, theories, and treatises. How would I define basic leadership? Simply, the clearer the vision, the fewer the options, the easier the decision.
This past Monday, the news of the launch of the Jack Welch Management Institute (www.jwmi.com) at Chancellor University spread like wildfire across the globe. The following link to a Wall Street Journal article highlighting the Institute was what kicked off all the interest:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124562232014535347.html
The Jack Welch Mangement Institute at Chancellor University is the only online and on-campus MBA program that fully incorporates Jack Welch’s winning business practices and principles throughout the curriculum. Students who are accepted and enroll in JWMI will gain a full understanding of Jack’s philosophy on leadership development, candor, team building and more.
Also, the online aspect to the Institute has a truly global reach. Online education has evolved to become a truly effective and academically sound way for people to earn their degrees and build their careers while maintaining the work/life balance they need. Throuhg its online degree offering, The Jack Welch Management Institute has broad reach with content that really matters in today’s global economy.
These are exciting days at Chancellor University!
Has anyone heard of a monopoly in the Learning Management Software industry? Check this out — http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/05/07/bb