Armed with a Sh500 million war chest in funds, partly raised through a private placement, the Kenya School of Professional Studies is set to expand its facilities after getting the green light to operate as a private university.
Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and Universities president Dr Parmjit Singh calls for regular dialogues between the Higher Education Ministry and private education providers with a view to blurring the boundary that separates public and private tertiary institutions.
The article discusses Covenant University in a town outside Lagos, Nigeria. As a privately run, Christian university, it breaks with a Nigerian tradition of free public higher education. The demand among Nigerian youth for higher education is beyond what the state can provide, leaving an opening for private institutions.
Two and a half years after announcing the largest gift in school history, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) will have to settle for less than a third of the donation.
Private colleges bolstered financial aid and decreased selectivity to help sustain enrollment in a downward economy, but a significant number still expect tuition and fee revenues to decline this year, according to a survey released today by Moody’s Investors Service.
Those who testified at a hearing by the U.S. Education Department debated whether rules on recruiting are too lax and made the case for what they would like to see as the department prepares...
Waldorf College, a financially struggling private institution in Iowa, is discussing a potential sale of its assets to a for-profit, online education company, The Des Moines Register reported.
His presence on Monday at the annual meeting for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities here indicated that broad fears about the economy—even about aspects only tangentially related to higher education—are a top concern of college administrators.