By Sharon H. Bob, Ph.D., Higher Education Specialist, Powers Pyles Sutter and Verville, PC
The following Washington career college news brief is a summary of important higher education news originating from Washington D.C.
By Career Education Colleges and Universities
These are the stories of veterans who chose our nation’s postsecondary career schools, completed their academic courses and often their externships and are now moving forward to become a part of building America’s future and their family’s future.
By John Willis and Titus Hubbard, MIAT College of Technology Houston Campus
Among the many veterans who have completed their training during MIAT’s 50-year history, one graduate of the Aviation Maintenance Technician Program at the Houston campus is a standout and is an inspiration to other veterans.
By Christine Sproles, MSN, RN, Assistant Dean of Nursing and Nursing Instructor, Fortis Institute, Pensacola, Florida
Math for Success is a program designed to help nursing students accurately and safely calculate medication dosages and, thus, reduce the chance of medication errors.
By Michael T. Wherry, Director, McClintock & Associates and Greg DeFeo, Business and Financial Consultant
Maintaining the financial viability of a postsecondary institution in today’s environment is a difficult task which requires intentionality to best business practices. We believe the following 10 steps are prudent and necessary for any organization.
By Glenn Bogart, J.D.
You think you are a tax-paying institution of higher education. But you’re not. You’re a “predatory for-profit school,” according to leading Democrats, academia, and the media.
By Lisa Olmedo, Vice President of Client Relations, Gragg Advertising
Schools in our sector have a start, on average, every four to eight weeks. At this pace admissions teams can find themselves in the danger zone of what I like to call, “the roller coaster effect.” The most effective way of reducing the roller coaster effect is to build a solid PDL and referral campaign.
By Benjamin Franklin
Franklin is concerned that the political drumbeat of higher education policy resembles the socialist/authoritarian mantra of the Tories. The private sector, both for-profit and not-for-profit, must hang together to resist the siren of free education, or they surely will hang separately.