Estudiantes de universidades privadas, que junto a otras organizaciones convocaron a una marcha para este jueves en la mañana, desde la Usach, mostraron hoy su molestia porque la Intendencia Metropolitana recién les respondió a las 8 de la noche de ayer, el recorrido para la caminata, y que varía con respecto a lo que ellos habían solicitado y que tenían preparado, situación que podría traer como consecuencias desórdenes, disturbios.
Calliope Wong, a high school senior from Connecticut, has twice sent an application to the prestigious all-female Smith College, but her papers have been returned without even an official admissions review.
For-profit colleges look worse than ever following a study from Stanford's Caroline M. Hoxby and Harvard's Christopher Avery. The new study found that for-profit schools spend much less on instructional cost per student than all other schools.
For most of the past decade, private for-profit educational institutions were the fastest growing—and arguably the most visible—part of U.S. higher education.
For-profit colleges are finding it tougher to do business in general these days, but particularly in California. They’re feeling the effects of negative publicity about the for-profit sector, tighter federal regulatory controls, and a somewhat better economy, meaning that more people can find jobs without turning to college to learn new skills or improve existing ones.
Regent's College is to become the UK's largest private university, after the business department BIS confirmed that it met the criteria for university title.
When the University Grants Commission (UGC) expert committee that was set up to amend the regulations on private universities meets here next week, it will discuss the concerns expressed by the Supreme Court in 2005, when it delivered its ruling in Prof. Yashpal & Anr vs State of Chhattisgarh and others while endorsing the UGC (Establishment of and Maintenance of Standards in Private Universities) Regulations, 2003.
Private universities and colleges will be allowed to recruit unlimited numbers of students able to claim subsidised loans of up to £6,000 for another year, the Government has said.
ADG (CB) Bijay Sharma said Debendra Behera, suspended deputy secretary of Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) in Sambalpur, had entered into a deal with private colleges to provide them question papers for money. Speaking about the modus operandi, Sharma said Behera had designed two modules to charge the private colleges.
Wisconsin’s Educational Approval Board, which decides whether for-profit colleges can operate in the state, has shut down a committee that was charged with developing accountability standards for the colleges, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
Himachal Pradesh government stated in the assembly that it is not certain about the authenticity of degrees being provided by the fifteen private universities which came up in the state during last BJP rule.
In an unusual partnership, Thunderbird School of Global Management today announced it is forming a partnership with a for-profit educational provider, Laureate Education, to offer educational programs around the world.
The College of the Ozarks is known for its system of providing students with jobs rather than charging them tuition. Now the college is taking things a step further, and refusing to certify private student loans, which some students were still taking out, The Springfield News-Leader reported.
Regent's College in London will become the second private university in Britain after receiving official approval to change its name to Regent's University London, writes Richard Adams for the Guardian.
Over 7.5 million students in Nepal's private educational institutions were affected by a nation-wide strike to protest various incidents of arson carried out by Maoist linked student bodies.
Private engineering colleges have taken strong exception to the state government's decision to increase seats in government-run colleges while stopping the private ones from hiking their intake capacity.
After downsizing, private engineering colleges in the state are planning substantial increase in fees from the forthcoming academic year. At least 40 private engineering colleges have been pleading to revise their annual fees.
Private engineering colleges plan to hike their hostel and mess fee by about 20 per cent this year on account of the rising prices of foodstuff like rice and cereals. Students, who pay Rs 10,000 already as hostel fee, may soon have to shell out more as a result.