Some private universities and colleges in Cebu will be implementing tuition increases from 5 percent to 10 percent for the coming school year this June.
JKBOSE has made it clear that private colleges have breached the rules since JKBOSE approved admission of only 12,000 candidates for the session 2011-2013 whereas colleges added 14,000 more. Adherence to rules under no circumstances should have been grossly violated and if it happened the problem lies with the administration of the private colleges and institutions
Downers Grove-based DeVry Inc., operator of private colleges and training schools, said in an SEC filing that its practices are being investigated by the attorneys general in Illinois and Massachusetts.
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Interim President Eric Darr today announced a freeze of tuition for the 2013-14 school year, keeping the school's tuition nearly $6,000 below the average for private universities in Pennsylvania and more than $8,700 below the national average for private universities.
Various teachers and student organisations opposed the proposal to allow autonomous colleges in the state at the hearing organised by the N R Madhva Menon committee appointed by the Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) on Thursday to discuss the draft report on the scheme.
Swarthmore College announced this week that it would commission an external review of its policies and procedures for handling sexual misconduct on campus.
As college costs rise around the country, some small private colleges are finding a new way to attract students—by offering financial incentives. Some are offering discounts. Others are freezing tuition. But New England College in Henniker has come up with its own plan to attract a wider range of students.
The delay by the State government in deciding on fee structure and seat-sharing matrix for admission to professional colleges through the Common Entrance Test (CET) has irked private engineering colleges.
All Kerala Private College Teachers’ Association (AKPCTA) has called upon the Higher Education Council not to make recommendation for the introduction of autonomous colleges in the State.
The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether a former Wabash College student who was injured when his fellow fraternity members tried to force him into shower was a victim of hazing or horseplay.
Hurt by Medical Council of India's apathy towards government medical colleges in Vidarbha, which has led to refusal of increased post-graduation seats, the Nagpur branch of Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded resignation of all three members from the state on the MCI board of governors.
President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday stated that the establishment of public universities at areas where private tertiary institutions exist was not a move to compete with them, but to complement their efforts.
In what it characterizes as “a decidedly bold move,” Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is freezing its tuition at current levels for the 2013-14 school year despite “a climate where higher education costs continue to increase.”
Receiving an increasing demand from students across the country, private universities have started the entrance exams in both offline and online formats.
The Commission on Higher Education has advised private schools against increasing tuition and commended a moratorium on increases imposed in state universities and colleges, officials said on Monday.
US policymakers should not overlook the positive aspects of for-profit colleges, a study has argued. The report from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a right- leaning thinktank based in New York, says that politicians - and journalists - are too quick to highlight for-profits’ poor graduation levels, higher loan default rates and patchy graduate employment record, while overlooking their strengths.
In my first column I mentioned my decision to join other colleagues in higher education who have taken the risk to cross sectors from traditional higher education to for-profit. A reader picked up on me using the term “risk” and asked if I would expand on that.
Bridgeport Education (NYSE:BPI) is a holding company that operates for-profit colleges Ashford University and University of the Rockies with both live and online classes. Though the company has seen criticism for its recruiting practices, it remains profitable.
Students at West Michigan private colleges and universities will have to dig deeper into their pockets next fall to pay for school, as tuition is set to grow between 3.3 percent and 6.8 percent.
Oklahoma lawmakers and higher education officials hailed an increase in degrees awarded by the state's colleges and universities as a testament to the strength of the partnership between the state higher education system and the private institutions around the state.
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