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 Holly Puckett DNP, RN, CMSRN, Academic Director, Centra College and Susan Motto Burnette, MSN, RN, RN-BC, Faculty Instructor and Student Health Nurse, Centra College
Readers will learn how a brick and mortar institution successfully switched its mode of delivery from the traditional classroom to the online platform with tips, tricks, and viable resources along with how things are functioning almost one year later.
Written by Sara Klein from a CECU Hill Day presentation by Nicholas Kent, Senior Vice President of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, CECU
At the 2021 CECU Hill Day, Nicholas Kent presented data showcasing the many reasons why for-profit institutions do better or just as well as public and nonprofit sectors. Some of the criteria discussed were the diversity of students enrolled, growth, access, graduation and retention rates, financial aid, and tuition rates, among others.
By Katherine Lee Carey, Special Counsel and Vince Sampson, Special Counsel, Cooley
President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 on March 11. The ARPA includes a major change in the 90/10 revenue test that provides for-profit institutions and their students access to the FSA programs.
Interview with Will Moya, Vice President, Campus Operations, Berkeley College
The transition to remote instruction in March 2020 was enabled by Berkeley College’s emergency planning efforts, technology and online academic infrastructures, and the College’s longstanding reputation in online education for 23 years.
By Carol Aslanian, Founder and President, Aslanian Market Research, EducationDynamics
EducationDynamics surveyed over 3,000 current and prospective students over the course of 2020 to measure the demands and preferences of today’s online and post-traditional students, and how they are shifting.
By Sara Klein
A report by the McKinsey Global Institute published in February titled “The future of work after COVID-19” discusses how the pandemic affected the economy. The pandemic has changed how the workplace is structured, and one of the conclusions the report found was low-wage occupations will be declining while high-wage occupations will be increasing, causing many workers to seek education in training and skills.
By Benjamin Franklin
It is so hard to understand how our country went from the free and the brave to the shackled and afraid. I feel sad for the career education leaders of today because they cannot enjoy the fruits of the labor of changing young people’s lives in the shadow of the sword of the government.