The Tanzania Commission for Universities, or TCU, has finally acted against a branch campus of Uganda’s Kampala International University, ordering the Dar es Salaam-based institution to stop offering masters and doctoral courses.
Southern New Hampshire University is probably the fastest-growing nonprofit institution in the country, driven by the expansion of our longstanding online program. When it comes to large-scale online programs, for-profit colleges dominate the list, which includes only a handful of national nonprofit players.
Dirigentes del Sindicato Argentino de Docentes Particulares (Sadop) denunciarán, en una volanteada, las condiciones laborales de los educadores de las universidades del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino (Unsta) y San Pablo-T. La medida se realizará durante la mañana de hoy, frente a las sedes del microcentro de ambas instituciones: 24 de Septiembre 476 (San Pablo-T) y 9 de Julio 165 (Unsta).
After scanning for laws in states across the country that allow illegal institutes of higher education to be prosecuted, with no success, the Goa government has sat down to formulate its own regulation that will punish those offering higher education courses without approvals from bodies like the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and University Grants Commission.
It is high school graduation season. Many of the new grads are among the 1 million people who will walk into a so-called "for-profit school" like Sanford Brown. As NewsChannel 5 I-Team reporter Farrah Fazal discovered, they may walk out with a piece of paper that is worthless.
Small cap for-profit education stock Career Education Corp. (CECO) has one big advantage over both public and private schools plus it may have made a key reversal on the charts.
A Parliamentary panel has criticised the University Grants Commission (UGC) for its delay in examining whether private universities are functioning in accordance with the UGC Act.
The for-profit education industry is becoming a contrarian hotbed after the Department of Education's initial round of rule-making for the industry was not as strict as many investors had anticipated. However, the companies' reliance on Title IV funding is sure to sink them in the long run.
The number of students committing to private colleges is declining due to tuition spikes. In order to keep their classrooms full, private schools are offering more financial assistance to students.
Private medical colleges in the state have threatened not to undertake fresh admissions unless fee is hiked for the block period 2013-2016 is carried out in a manner that is commensurate with the expenditure they are bearing on each student. Interestingly, the demand comes ahead of the engineering and medical admission exam (Eamcet) is slated to be held on May 10.
“Private universities in Dubai recorded a 12 per cent increase in student enrolment in the last year, part of an 11 per cent increase in higher education enrollment as a whole,” said Dr Abdulla Al Karam, director general of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), in a 2013 report on Dubai’s higher education sector.
On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott's offices sent out a news release that declared, "Gov. Scott Announces Anthem Education Expansion in Fort Lauderdale, 70 New Jobs."
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Region 12 has endorsed for approval by its central office the application of 16 private colleges and universities in the region to increase their tuition and other fees this school year.
With the annual cost of attendance at many private colleges and universities now exceeding $50,000, some of these schools are coming up with creative ways to get more low-income students to apply.
The Karnataka government is keen on implementing the provisions of a 2006 law to regulate admission and determine the fee structure in private medical, dental and engineering colleges.
The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) will start postgraduate medical and dental counseling between May 23 and 27, while the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) will hold it on May 27.
The Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and Universities and 54 others yesterday obtained the green light from the High Court to quash a circular in relation to the new registration system of international students in local private institutions.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo continued his push Tuesday to establish tax-free zones for businesses on college campuses in upstate New York, announcing that private universities will be selected to participate through a competitive process.