CER created this list of national accreditor eligibility requirements as a resource for our subscribers. We thought it would be helpful to have this information together in one place.
By Jennifer Flood JD, President and CEO, National Compliance Group
As schools expand into the online space by way of courses, content for classes, and even enrollment, those web properties and related material must be accessible to those with disabilities. This article will discuss the legal background, penalties for non-compliance and what we can do moving forward.
By Mandy Arnold, President, Gavin Advertising
With negative coverage of the sector dominating the headlines, many career school executives miss out on the chance to reach current and prospective students because they’re apprehensive about working with media. A proactive public relations strategy helps schools control the conversation, while leveraging the valuable, unspoken third-party endorsement of reporters and editors to drive inquiries and enrollment.
By Phil Smith, VP Marketing and Communications and Troy Chaney, Co-Founder, Rally Cap LLC.
Rally Cap LLC collected data over the past 2015-2016 school year from nearly 250,000 high school students nationwide. The results of that data show a significant opportunity for career or specialty education with regard to high school students.
By Martha Lanaghen, CEO and Founder, The Sparrow Group
Students across the U.S. are coming into their college classrooms with different expectations. Why does this matter to career schools? Our classrooms and instructors need to be prepared for this “new kind of student” if we want to increase engagement, retention and prepare them for the workforce.
By Matthew I. Penfield, Esq., Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. The new federally mandated minimum salary level for certain employees exempt from minimum wage and overtime provisions goes into effect Dec. 1, 2016. Are you ready?
By Katherine (Kate) Lee Carey, Special Counsel, Cooley LLP The Department of Education has issued Proposed Rules intended to expand the options for student borrowers to request debt relief, based on the alleged wrongdoing of their college. But these rules do much more than that.
By Suzanne Morrison-Williams, EdD, Vice President – Academic Affairs, City College
Millennials make up 70 percent of the U.S. population and will represent 75 percent of the workforce by 2020. Schools and employers must understand this demographic if they are to harness their assets while remedying their shortcomings for greater individual and group rewards.
By Aaron Lacey, Thompson Coburn LLP This article offers a practical approach for evaluating the GE Completers List files distributed to institutions on June 1, 2016.
By Elizabeth Keifer Herron, Solutions Executive, Collegiate Admission and Retention Solutions (CARS)
Obtaining and maintaining accurate and verifiable job placement information is a critical component of institutional operations in today’s regulatory environment. It is critical to deploy new strategies to ensure your publicized placement rates are accurate and verifiable.