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Release of the 2018 Draft Staff Report – ACICS

June 14, 2018 Jenny

Statement from Michelle Edwards, President of ACICS on the Release of the 2018 Draft Staff Report Background: In response to the recent release by the U.S. Department of Education of a March 2018 Draft Staff Report regarding ACICS recognition, it is important to understand that the Draft Staff Report was exactly that – a draft More Info »

Seeking Votes on PROSPER, GOP Appears to Come Up Short – Inside Higher Ed

June 14, 2018 Jenny

GOP leaders quiet on next step for PROSPER Act after gauging member support this week, suggesting little chance of floor vote soon on House Republicans’ bid to overhaul Higher Education Act. House leaders were mum on plans for the PROSPER Act after reportedly taking the temperature on members’ support for the bill earlier this week. More Info »

EXCLUSIVE: Warren, Krishnamoorthi demand examination of Education Department ethics program after former for-profit college exec shapes policy – ABC News

June 14, 2018 Jenny

Two Democrats are demanding a review of the Education Department’s ethics program following an ABC News report that revealed a senior Education official, hired straight out of the for-profit college sector, helped dismantle regulations designed to protect students defrauded by predatory colleges. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat from More Info »

An Inside Look at Why Accreditation Works – Inside Higher Ed

June 14, 2018 Jenny

Describing his service on a voluntary visiting team, Bob Ubell defends regional accreditation as a form of “deliberative democracy” and urges us not to hand it over to a federal education police force. In response to a recent signal that U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos may be exploring alternatives to our present higher education accreditation More Info »

Rasmussen College Launches Data Analytics Bachelor’s Degree Program to Meet Market Demands

June 14, 2018 Jenny

College offers multiple entry options that deliver the tech skills employers seek Rasmussen College, a regionally accredited private college, today announced its newly launched Data Analytics Bachelor’s degree program.1 The Data Analytics program features multiple entry options for students, including a Bachelor’s degree-completion option designed for students who hold a conferred Associate’s degree from an More Info »

CSPEN Preconference Activities Added!

June 14, 2018 Jenny

CSPEN 4th Annual Conference August 6-8th, 2018 Downtown Chicago, Il The CSPEN 4th Annual Conference is quickly approaching, have you registered yet? This year we are bringing the conference to historic downtown Chicago, at the Intercontinental. CSPEN always brings you both information as well as plenty of great networking with your peers. This year is More Info »

What Do Online Students Want? 3 Findings From a New Survey Offer Some Clues – The Chronicle of Higher Education

June 14, 2018 Jenny

What do online students want? According to a new survey, they want to conduct more of their course activities on their mobile phones or tablets, and they’d like better career-planning services. Their biggest regrets? They all relate to not having done enough research about the college and what it would cost before they enrolled. The More Info »

Signs of life for the Perkins Act? – Community College Daily

June 14, 2018 Jenny

As with the Higher Education Act (HEA), Congress is past due in reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. Unlike HEA, the Perkins Act is relatively straightforward, and as both bills came due for reauthorization, many viewed the Perkins reauthorization as the one to be completed expeditiously. So what happened? In a More Info »

Trident University Alumnus Publishes Book on Student Success

June 14, 2018 Jenny

Dr. Rex A. Holiday, an alumnus of Trident’s College of Education, has published the book, The Family Link to Education: The Road to Personal and Professional Success, with co-author Steve Sonntag through Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. Trident University International (Trident) alumnus Dr. Rex A. Holiday has published the book, The Family Link to Education: The More Info »