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Stars & Stripes: Troubled for-profit ITT Tech Institute closes its doors on thousands of student veterans
SAN ANTONIO — ITT Technical Institute said Tuesday it was immediately closing all campuses, more than 130 in all, throwing into doubt the future education of thousands of student veterans attending there. The troubled for-profit [...]
Indianapolis Business Journal: What Did ITT In? Short-Sighted Thinking, Critic Says
When Rene Champagne retired as CEO of ITT Educational Services in 2007 after 22 years at the helm, the for-profit education company was riding high—as evidenced by its stock market value of $2.9 billion. Oh, [...]
PoliticoPro: Despite shaky finances, ITT Tech still eligible to recruit veterans
With its accreditation in danger, ITT Tech is no longer allowed to enroll new students with federal funds. But there's one exception: veterans. In a statement to POLITICO, the Veterans Affairs Department said today that the [...]
Inside Higher Ed: U.S. Orders Ashford to Pay $137,695 for Aid Violations
An Education Department review of Ashford University's compliance with federal financial aid rules has resulted in a fine of $137,695 for a handful of violations, Bridgepoint Education, which owns Ashford, announced Tuesday. The review, initiated in [...]
Washington Post: Justice Department is Investigating Whether a For-Profit College Company Violated Federal Financial Aid Rules
The Justice Department has launched a probe into whether Bridegepoint Education, the owner of Ashford University and the University of the Rockies, is violating a law that prohibits for-profit colleges from getting more than 90 percent [...]
Washington Monthly: The Obama Administration Makes Its Biggest Move Against For-Profit Colleges
With Donald Trump and Brexit wiping out all other stories, here’s one you’re likely to have missed—and it’s actually good news! Yesterday, in a surprisingly bold move, federal regulators voted to recommend shutting down the nation’s largest [...]
Washington Post: A Popular College Investment Promised Students a Career, But Didn’t Pay Off
Students who sought vocational certificates at for-profit colleges made an average of $900 less annually after attending the schools than they did before, according to a new study, leaving those who took out loans hard-pressed to pay them back.
BuzzFeed News: Inside the College That Abolished the F and Raked in the Cash
A college on the edge of Silicon Valley has turned itself into an upmarket visa mill, a BuzzFeed News investigation has found, deploying a system of fake grades and enabling thousands of foreign students to enter [...]
The Hill: Groups Urge Senate to Oppose Defense Language on For-Profit Colleges
Military and veterans groups are urging the Senate to rid its defense policy bill of language they say would allow predatory for-profit colleges unfettered access to military installations. The 20 groups that have signed on [...]
PoliticoPro: Senate Democrats, Advocates Push Department of Education to Go Further on Arbitration
Consumer advocates and Senate Democrats say they may have celebrated too quickly when the Education Department said last month it wanted to end forced arbitration clauses in for-profit student enrollment agreements. The same groups now are calling [...]
Politico: VA Watchers Want More GI Bill Oversight
VA WATCHERS WANT MORE GI BILL OVERSIGHT: The Veterans Affairs Department’s advisory committee on education wants the agency to improve how it oversees the Principles of Excellence program rolled out by President Barack Obama [http://1.usa.gov/1W68KlU] in [...]
Popular Military: Yale Law School Condemns Veterans Affairs, Providing Evidence of Failure to Protect Veterans
The VA is reportedly failing to do its part when it comes to protecting vets against deceptive recruiting practices, by for-profit schools. According to a memo from Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic, the Department of [...]
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