Secretary of Education Orders Restoration of ACICS as a Federally Recognized Accrediting Agency as of December 2016 and Outlines Next Steps in the Compliance Review Process On Tuesday, April 3, 2018, the Secretary of Education issued an Order notifying ACICS that the U.S. Department of Education has restored ACICS’s status as a federally recognized agency More Info »
Northwestern College’s Violet L. Schumacher School of Nursing held a pinning ceremony on Saturday, March 24 to honor the College’s March 2018 Nursing graduates. Twenty four (24) Nursing students participated in the traditional pinning ceremony that signifies a student’s formal induction into the Nursing profession. The pinning ceremony took place in the auditorium of Northwestern More Info »
Solution Automates Desk Copy Adoption Process for Schools and Validates Data for Publishers Obtaining faculty textbook desk copies typically is a time-intensive process for schools and publishers alike, but Ambassador Education Solutions has a remedy. It’s new DeskCopy-Connect takes the hassle away from schools and publishers having to manage the process themselves, not only automating More Info »
The organization at the center of one of the largest fraud scandals in the history of for-profit colleges is planning a comeback. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools was stripped of its powers in December 2016 amid the collapse of two for-profit university chains, where tens of thousands of students were encouraged to More Info »
On Friday, March 23, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton ruled that the U.S. Department of Education violated the Administrative Procedures Act by “failing to consider various categories of relevant evidence” in its decision to withdraw ACICS’ recognition as a nationally-recognized accreditor. The case will be remanded back to the Secretary of Education. ACICS has More Info »
Ashford University has partnered with Teaching Channel, a leading online resource for K-12 educators, to offer four new continuing education courses for K-12 educators. The graduate-level online courses are designed to allow teachers to secure continuing education requirements for license renewal and salary advancement, subject to state-specific requirements. The courses are currently accepting students. Each More Info »
Keeping up with the GE Rule has been a full time job in recent months, including new Department of Education actions to prepare a second set of GE rates, negotiated rulemaking to write a new rule, a lawsuit against the department for not implementing the current rule and proposed legislation in Congress. Keeping up with More Info »
Sullivan University is announcing a partnership with USA Cares, a Kentucky-based non-profit military assistance organization, to provide education and training opportunities to active duty and military veterans and their families to enhance USA Cares’ total mission. USA Cares is a national nonprofit organization based in Louisville, Kentucky. Addressing the critical and unmet needs of post-9/11 More Info »
Tampa-based Ultimate Medical Academy (UMA) recently promoted three faculty members – Dr. Carrie Morris, Dr. Jenna Sage, and Ms. Daniela Simic – to the newly created roles of Dean of Programs & Academic Affairs. Under the oversight of UMA Vice Provost of Programs & Academic Affairs, Julene Robinson, the new roles are designed to facilitate More Info »
President Trump, in forum on issues facing young people, extols vocational training and repeats comments that many educators said reflected ignorance of the two-year sector. He also says he is more popular on college campuses than most realize. President Trump loves vocational training. Community colleges? Not so much. Trump on Thursday appeared at the “Generation More Info »