Gov. George E. Pataki of New York wants the state's private colleges to be able to compete, for the first time, for public funds to help pay for capital projects
A private university in Belarus is suspending its operations after being given two weeks to vacate its main building by the government, which in July mounted a crippling assault on the defiant 11-year-old institution.
Apollo Group, the company that built the University of Phoenix into the largest university in the United States by catering to working adults, is now moving to serve younger college students.
In the two months since federal agents brandishing search warrants and grand-jury subpoenas swarmed ITT Educational Services' Indianapolis headquarters and 10 of its campuses, anxieties have been running high in for-profit higher education.
The fast-growing University of Phoenix fosters a high-pressure sales culture that rewards recruiters who put the most "asses in classes," intimidates those who fall short, and encourages enrollment of unqualified students, concludes a newly released report by the U.S. Department of Education.
Higher-education companies have seen a mixed bag of spending sprees and lawsuits in the past several weeks, as well as the first public offering in nearly five years.
In legislation that Republican Congressional leaders introduced in May to extend the law that governs most federal-student aid programs, for-profit colleges came out on top.
A major for-profit distance-education company has signed a licensing deal with the Acacia Research Corporation, which claims to own patents that cover all online audio- and video-streaming technologies. Officials at Acacia would not disclose the terms of the deal, but noted that institutions on average would pay $5,000 a year.
The Career Education Corporation, operator of the Katherine Gibbs secretarial schools and for-profit colleges, said two of its colleges were being reviewed by organizations that certify them. American InterContinental University was put on ''warning status'' by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and Brooks College has been put on probation by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Career Education said.
Higher-education companies have seen a mixed bag of spending sprees and lawsuits in the past several weeks, as well as the first public offering in nearly five years.
Apollo Group, the company that built the University of Phoenix into the largest university in the United States by catering to working adults, is now moving to serve younger college students.
Finances continued to wilt at public and private colleges during the past year as income streams slowed and budget managers turned up the heat. Yet for-profit institutions -- both publicly traded and privately held -- posted record gains. Revenues of the top 10 publicly traded higher-education companies grew in excess of 30 percent.
A major for-profit distance-education company has signed a licensing deal with the Acacia Research Corporation, which claims to own patents that cover all online audio- and video-streaming technologies. Officials at Acacia would not disclose the terms of the deal, but noted that institutions on average would pay $5,000 a year.
Officials of South University, a proprietary-college system based in Savannah, Ga., took a calculated risk five years ago. At a time when nursing programs at many traditional colleges were struggling to attract students, South figured that it could profitably enter the field of nursing education.
The campus of Mewar University, one of 108 private universities established in the underdeveloped state of Chhattisgarh during the past two years, is a two-room house on a busy thoroughfare. One room is empty, except for a telephone; the other -- also a tiny, empty cell -- has "library" painted on the door. There is not a teacher, student, or book in sight.
A class-action lawsuit filed against ITT Educational Services last month accuses the company of issuing "materially false and misleading" quarterly reports that defrauded investors.
Universities and colleges are busy enrolling new students but for many non-public higher education institutions, this time of year has become a scramble for money.
The owner of a private Japanese university was arrested this month and charged with making off with millions of dollars in government subsidies while his institution ran up such huge debts that it was reportedly close to shutting down.
The growth of Singapore's private education may face interruption as complaints have increased over the past few years. For instance, a private higher education institution has been sued for misleading advertisement of a program and breaking promises to students, and even a widely-recognized private institute has been castigated. A fear is that improper behavior undermines Singapore's aspirations to be an international education hub.
South Korea's ministry of education has ordered three private institutions to turn over $15.3-million and dismiss 68 professors and officials due to bribery, and mishandling of funds. The ministry has withheld approval for one board of trustees and replaced another's.
The Union HRD Ministry convened a meeting of all state ministers for higher education to discuss the enactment of a Central legislation to control self-financing institutes like private engineering colleges.
A delegation of private sector universities in the NWFP has asked the governor to help extend the deadline set by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad, to meet the minimum criteria for granting charter, say officials.
The fast-growing movement to unionize graduate students at the nation's private universities suffered a crushing setback yesterday when the National Labor Relations Board reversed itself and ruled that students who worked as research and teaching assistants did not have the right to unionize.
Washington legislators have taken the first step toward creating a voucher system in higher education with new rules that let state-funded enrollments go to private colleges.
The earnings of many top university presidents are spiraling up toward $1 million a year, according to an annual survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education, rising far more quickly than faculty salaries.
Angry nurses have attacked the Federal Government after a private university was yesterday promised a cash handout only months after Sydney University's nursing faculty was told it would be axed.
In the next two months, young Australians will experience the joy and heartache accompanying the arrival of year 12 results and, for those who make it, the decisions about tertiary courses. For those who succeed in qualifying for a university place, there should be a reasonable expectation that in a country that aspires to have a knowledge economy, such a place will be available. Yet the reality is vastly different. Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee figures show that this year up to 7000 eligible Victorian students, and 24,300 nationally, missed out.
The College Board's annual report on tuition trends over the last 10 years was enough to give the parents of a future college student palpitations. What could be more upsetting than learning that tuition has nearly doubled in the past decade at four-year public institutions, and risen 42 percent at private colleges and universities?
While the 17 public universities and university colleges are rather autonomous and self-sufficient, never short of student enrolment and comfortably funded by the Government, the private sector feels somewhat like a stepchild in need of more attention.
A private-equity group acquired a small liberal-arts university in Arizona this month with the hope of expanding it into a world-renowned Christian institution.
A private university in Belarus is going to suspend its operations after being given two weeks to vacate its main building by the government, which appeared to marshal its forces last week...
Lawmakers in New York State finally approved a spending plan in August that avoided cuts to financial aid for needy students and included a program that, for the first time...
Tuition and fees at more than 2,800 colleges and universities, as compiled by the College Board. Tuition will rise at private colleges and universities next year at the same rate as last...
In a bid to exert more control over wayward private universities and deal with what it described as rampant corruption at some of them, South Korea's education ministry has demanded...
Private colleges in Washington State would be allowed, for the first time, to receive state aid for students enrolling in high-demand programs, under a controversial budget provision that state...
Gov. George E. Pataki of New York wants the state's private colleges to be able to compete, for the first time, for public funds to help pay for capital projects. The governor, a Republican...
Harvard University plans to create a center to study human embryonic stem cells, raising millions of dollars privately to avoid strict federal regulations on such research. Details of the proposed...
Another private-equity investor is taking a high-profile stake in the higher-education industry. Sterling Capital Partners announced on Tuesday that it had acquired the for-profit Florida Coastal...
Gov. Gary Locke has vetoed a controversial proposal that would have allowed private colleges in Washington State to receive state aid for students enrolling in high-demand programs.
Macedonia has recognized a nine-year-old private university that teaches in the Albanian language, in a step intended to remove a major source of conflict between the country's two main ethnic...
The owner of a private Japanese university was arrested this month and charged with making off with millions of dollars in government subsidies while his institution ran up such huge debts that...
Blind compliance to authority. This should be a case study for psychologists, a wake up call to the education system and force a reflection about society. This was put into a movie Compliance (2012) and is covered in Wikipedia's article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_prank_call_scam).
The term 'social software', which is now used to define software that supports group interaction, has only become relatively popular within the last two or more years.
This Primer is designed to provide the reader with the basic knowledge required to effectively use RDF. It introduces the basic concepts of RDF and describes its XML syntax. It describes how to define RDF vocabularies using the RDF Vocabulary Description
This Primer is designed to provide the reader with the basic knowledge required to effectively use RDF. It introduces the basic concepts of RDF and describes its XML syntax. It describes how to define RDF vocabularies using the RDF Vocabulary Description
S. Auer, P. Burek, and T. Grawe. Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Knowledge Management (I-KNOW '04), Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS), (2004)
S. Auer, P. Burek, and T. Grawe. Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Knowledge Management (I-KNOW '04), Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS), (2004)