New York City's comptroller, John C. Liu, and the city's pension funds this week announced that they have filed shareholder proposals calling on DeVry University and Career Education Corp. to disclose data on student borrowing that is roughly the equivalent of what would have been required under the now-stalled federal "gainful employment" regulations.
The questionable award of 66 PhDs at the Kampala International University in Uganda resulted from a failure by the institution to adhere to governance principles, an investigation by the independent Daily Monitor has revealed.
Among those seeking their help are private universities such as Amity University and NIIT University, school chains such as Indus World school, and education solution companies. The education sector has hitherto relied on word-of-mouth publicity to hire people.
MPs and members of New Brunswick’s queer community are demanding answers after a private religious university that prohibits homosexual activity among employees was awarded $6 million in the federal government’s 2013 action plan.
In clear violation of the Supreme Court of India's orders and audacious contempt of law, five reputed colleges have been caught in the middle of the rot in the country's medical education system. A CNN-IBN sting operation covering three states has exposed how private medical and dental colleges are illegally selling post graduate seats to the highest bidders.
Engineering aspirants' wait for clarity on fee structure in private colleges for various courses just got longer. The deadline set by the higher education minister to finalize fee of private engineering colleges under CET expired on Wednesday with the department of higher education remaining silent.
The non-aided D Ed colleges' management association has alleged that the recent move of issuing show-cause notices for compliance to the colleges was part of an official conspiracy to close down all non-aided private colleges imparting diploma courses in teaching.
As many as 150 students of three private colleges, studying bachelor of dental studies (BDS), knocked the doors of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya ( DAVV), blaming the authorities for poor results and assessment in internal examination here recently.
London School of Marketing has recently released a whitepaper which reviews the private college sector as an alternative option to studying in publically funded universities. This whitepaper takes an in-depth look at the benefits, disadvantages and risks associated with private colleges in the UK.
To enhance the quality of education and improve the schools’ facilities, the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) on Thursday insisted that “tuition hike is inevitable” especially for private schools.
Clearing the decks for private institutions to enter the field of higher education in Maharashtra, the state cabinet on Tuesday approved model guidelines for opening private varsities.
The state government on Wednesday withdrew its earlier bill on self-financed private universities to include 50% caste-based reservation. The bill was passed in the assembly in August 2011, but the governor had refused to sign it into law in the absence of the reservation clause. The amended bill is expected to be approved in the ongoing or monsoon session.
The recent establishment of a Private University Professors’ Union is the first step toward helping instructors in the vital private-education sector achieve benefits and other demands, but reaching that ultimate goal will likely be long and arduous.
The government of Sri Lanka says that private education is a necessity to meet the demands of the youth population in the country. Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake said the government would support to develop private medical education in the country.
Even before the SSC examination results are out the corporate Intermediate colleges have already commenced classes for the first year Intermediate students in the name of bridge course, flouting the rules of the Board of Intermediate Education.
When it comes to paying for their children's education, parents have many options. While they probably know they can take advantage of loans, adults may not have heard of other lesser-known options, such as the Private College 529 Plan.
After winning over administrators at a few private colleges with small endowments and receiving some national press, the movement to get colleges and universities to divest their endowments from fossil fuel companies is starting to ramp up pressure on wealthy universities. Groups recently generated headlines at institutions such as Cornell University and Brown University, which had endowments of $4.9 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively, as of June 2012.
The state government on Wednesday indicated that it was open to initiating the process of derecognizing 17 private medical and dental colleges found to have violated norms during the admission process in 2012-13.
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.