ITT faces new scrutiny from Ed Dept

The for-profit education group will have to send financial information every two weeks, as well as monthly student data reports.

By Tara García Mathewson • June 1, 2015

Rolling Stone: Quality public education is disappearing

Mike Konczal argues education dollars are either going to for-profit school investors or elite school vanity projects, not students.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 29, 2015

FTC: Georgia-based for-profit school did not tell the truth

The all-online Ashworth College settled a case from the Federal Trade Commission that alleged it misrepresented marketing claims.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 28, 2015

Wisconsin lawmakers refuse to disband for-profit regulatory agency

The state legislature's budget committee voted down a proposal by Gov. Scott Walker to kill the agency.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 26, 2015

Drake College of Business shutting down July 31

The New Jersey-based college first earned notoriety for recruiting homeless people from shelters for its programs.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 26, 2015

MBAs, Pearson, and MOOCs: The week’s most-read education news

Catch up on Texas' testing contract switch-up, FutureLearn's giant MOOC, and more.

May 22, 2015

Pakistan’s Axact allegedly rakes in millions with massive diploma mill

The New York Times says the company duped mostly U.S. and Arabian students into paying thousands each for fake degrees.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 19, 2015

College enrollment drops with improving economy

Research indicates nontraditional students are going back to the workforce as the recovery supports their full employment.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 15, 2015

Small for-profit Brookstone to close over gainful employment rule

Night classes were abruptly halted, with day classes set to continue through next week.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 14, 2015

Traditional colleges team up with for-profits

The unlikely allies are working together to lobby congressional leaders away from additional regulation.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 13, 2015

Knod to offer low-cost bachelor's following latest funding round

The Utah-based company partners with universities for blended learning programs focused on job skills.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 13, 2015

SEC charges ITT Tech owner, executives with fraud

The charges allege the company and its top leaders misled investors about the performance of student loan programs.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 13, 2015

Dept. of Ed. denies debt relief

Although Undersecretary Ted Mitchell publicly supports debt relief for defrauded students, several petitioners have been denied.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 11, 2015

This year's grads have more debt than ever

A new report shows the Class of 2015’s borrowers each have an average of $35,000 in student loan debt.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 11, 2015

MOOC MBA and for-profit woes: The week’s most-read education news

Get caught up on UIUC and Coursera's new partnership, AltSchool's big investment from Mark Zuckerberg, and more right here!

By Roger Riddell • May 8, 2015

2U moves closer to profitability in Q1

The cloud-based education technology company continues to shrink its losses as its partnerships expand.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 8, 2015

EDMC, Career Education to close schools

Two more for-profit giants announced closures this week amid falling revenues.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 8, 2015

Little to gain for Corinthian creditors

The shuttered for-profit chain has few assets and a long line of people and organizations waiting for payment.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 7, 2015

Kaplan U introduces competency reports

The for-profit university will offer the new transcript companions to all of its 45,000 students systemwide.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 6, 2015

Chrysler joins corporations offering employees free college

The automotive giant will offer free tuition to dealership workers interested in seeking higher education at Strayer.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 5, 2015

Students seeking for-profit loan discharges number in the thousands

Former Corinthian students have joined others fighting for loan forgiveness on the grounds that their schools misled them.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 5, 2015

Corinthian files for bankruptcy

The now-defunct for-profit college chain announced the closure of its remaining schools just last week.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 5, 2015

PRO Students Act would add new regulation to for-profits

The bill would require for-profit colleges to get at least 15% of revenue outside of federal student aid.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 4, 2015

Fraud suit against for-profit Western Educational Inc moves forward

An appeal ruling will require Western Educational Inc., to defend itself on charges of fraud.

By Tara García Mathewson • May 1, 2015

Ed Dept suggests other problematic for-profits for Corinthian transfers

Critics say the department is steering students toward risky institutions to avoid debt relief.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 30, 2015