The Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, or APSCU, is the Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group for America's for-profit colleges. APSCU has opposed a wide range of reasonable efforts by the Obama administration and members of Congress to hold bad actors in its industry accountable for waste, fraud, and abuse with the roughly $32 billion a year in federal tax dollars they receive.
Durante el año 2012 el sistema de educación superior en Chile obtuvo ingresos por $3.115.145 millones, es decir, más que las subvenciones que se entregaron a todos los colegios del país ($2.992.000 millones) en ese periodo.
La expansión de la educación privada, especialmente en el nivel superior, es responsabilidad de las autoridades y funcionarios, pues han brindado demasiadas facilidades para su instalación, indicó el investigador Uriel Soto Barrera.
El presidente de la Federación de Instituciones Privadas de Educación Superior (Fipes) afirmó que, de aprobarse, la norma aumentaría las trabas burocráticas. Congresista Daniel Mora niega esta acusación
La disputa legal entre la CCSS y las universidades privadas por el uso y cobro de los campos clínicos para los estudiantes de último año de Medicina, tuvo un nuevo capítulo hace dos semanas; esta vez, a favor de la entidad pública.
Facing a shrinking pool of young people because of the declining birthrate, four top private colleges in western Japan are setting up offices abroad to lure bright foreign students, utilizing attractions such as nanotechnology and geisha in Kyoto.
An informal survey of Fitch Ratings' private college and university portfolio was undertaken in mid August in order to get an early indication on fall 2013 enrollment and fiscal 2014 operations. Overall, the responses paint a largely stable picture. However, these individual metrics in isolation may not depict the whole credit picture but can provide an early indicator of credit stress.
The parent company of the University of Phoenix announced Tuesday that it is laying off 500 workers around the country as it faces declining enrollment and transitions to more online-only courses.
A 34,000-student university in Chile affiliated with Laureate Education, Inc. has received notification from the National Accreditation Commission that its institutional accreditation will not be renewed at the end of its current three-year term. The Universidad de las Américas plans to appeal the decision, which -- if it stands – would mean that new students would be ineligible for government loans or grants.