David M. Walker, the outspoken former U.S. comptroller general, is probably one of the few people who can make a talk about national debt sound like a hellfire-and-brimstone sermon.
U.S. Sen. Charles E. Grassley voiced dismay today over the findings of a report by The Chronicle about compensation for private-college employees other than presidents. The Iowa Republican has been urging private colleges, as nonprofit entities, to rein in pay for their top executives, and he cited the report’s findings that the highest-compensated employees in academe made more than $4-million in 2006-7.
Twenty years ago, the private university disbanded its teams. Now it's rebuilding them, with the expectation that sports will attract students in general.
Starting this month, veterans of the post 9/11 era will be able to go to college on the “new G.I. Bill.” But a dispute over language nearly scuttled the back-to-school plans of California vets. KPCC’s Washington Correspondent Kitty Felde reports.
Most private institutions are in major cities and are rather small. They offer two-year courses in industrial, business and secretarial fields and some are affiliated with foreign higher education institutions, mainly in France, and provide joint higher level courses.
Qualified lecturers rarely do the teaching in the Congo's private universities. Instead, unqualified assistants take courses that are often obsolete, theoretical and useless for finding a job, says Le Potentiel of Kinshasa.
The Delhi Declaration also acknowledges the role of private initiatives in meeting the rapidly growing need for higher education, particularly technical and professional courses. However, the participating nations were of the view that private institutions should be inclusive in their approach to access.
Private providers of higher education have welcomed a North Gauteng High Court ruling that the Department of Higher Education could not stop a local company from assisting foreign universities in providing education in SA.
The fast-growing group of millionaire private college and university presidents hit a new record in recent years, and it's likely more college leaders will make seven-figure salaries once the slumping economy rebounds.
The article discusses fears among U.S. private colleges and universities that the state aid they receive may be among the first programs cut as states tighten their budgets. Fluctuations in state spending on private higher education are discussed, as are the types of aid, including money given directly to colleges and grants and loans to in-state students.
The Federal Government last week announced the granting of licences to enable seven new private universities to operate. With that approval, the number of recognised universities in the country rose to ninety-six, thirty-four of them private.
The article discusses the lack of enrollment at several private colleges in Japan. According to the article, Japan's ministry of education has announced that almost half of the country's 550 private four-year universities are below their government-set recruitment targets. Japan's low fertility rate and its demographic conditions are contributing to the schools' enrollment problem.
The article discusses how Vietnamese citizens Ton Nu Thi Ninh and Dang Thi Hoang Yen have worked to support the creation of private universities in Vietnam. The author discusses the perception of private education in Vietnam.
Waldorf College, a financially struggling private institution in Iowa, has agreed to sell its assets to Columbia Southern University, an online institution based in Alabama.
Another week, another transaction involving a for-profit online college. The latest: A private-equity group is buying Northcentral University, an all-online institution founded in 1996 and now...
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.
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.