Counter to the stereotypical image of private colleges, Oregon's independent institutions are not reserved for the privileged. Nor do they exist solely to serve the majority. Quite to the contrary, an education at one of Oregon's independent colleges or universities is available to all those with the ability to benefit from the experience -- not just to an elite few.
Malaysia's successful transnational higher education initiative led by private colleges and universities was featured at the International Education Summit held here on the occasion of the G8 summit, Deputy Director-General of Higher Education Datin Dr Siti Hamisah Tapsir said here Sunday.
Ameritas, launched last week, blends for-profit and nonprofit elements and has a singular focus on Latinos who are working adults. It is part of Brandman University, a private, nonprofit institution with 26 campuses in California and Washington.
This (unnamed) college demonstrates the 'dark side' of the private sector in higher education. Things can go wrong, and when they do this can be very bad - particularly for the students. This is not to say that the private sector in higher education is all like this. It can be done well, and a private alternative to publicly funded universities and colleges adds a great deal to the sector. As in the US and many other countries, private colleges can enrich the student and academic experience for all, giving diversity and real alternatives.
Private sector colleges and universities offer unique opportunities for millions of men and women, particularly young professionals, military veterans and working parents. For our schools, the first-time, full-time student right out of high school is the rare exception rather than the norm. These institutions have enabled millions of Americans to obtain specialized degrees in a wide variety of fields. If that’s not advancing the public good, I don’t know what is.
South Sudan's Minister of Higher Education has closed all privately owned learning institutions with "immediate effect" leaving thousands of students without a place to study.
While public colleges and universities are hiking tuition to make up for dramatic reductions to state higher-education funding, private colleges – which usually receive no state funding – have greater latitude to cut costs.
The dust seems to be settling on many of the reforms announced in last year's HE white paper but one topic still seems to get backs up: the perceived privatisation of HE and the growing number of private institutions.
In order to attract private investment in higher education, the government should allocate land free of cost for 999 years to set up educational institutions, a plan panel committee headed by NR Narayana Murthy has suggested.
Malaysia’s successful transnational higher education initiative led by private colleges and universities, received the attention of guests and participants of the recent International Education Summit held in Washington, the United States (US).
The national ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology in the Republic of South Sudan has ordered with immediate effect the closure of private institutions of learning/ private universities that have been operating in the country saying they do not measure to the standards of an institution of Higher learning.
Ministers have introduced a system of "due diligence checks" for private higher education providers, it has emerged, as new figures show that the number of their students accessing state-funded loans has nearly doubled in a year.
The Association of Private Universities (APU) handed over their petition addressed to the office of the President Salva Kiir in response to the recent Press Statement of the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology; threatening to close down 22 private Universities operating in South Sudan for not meeting required standards set by the Ministry.
A scheme to fund more student places at private universities is under fire after the Universities minister, David Willetts, admitted that no checks are made on whether undergraduates complete their course.
Adwok Nyaba, the minister for higher education, decided to make news by closing down almost all private universities in the country with immediate effect from Thursday the 10th of May 2012.
Recently, another small college closed its doors. It was located in New England, the region of the country with the most rapid decline in youth and most rapid growth in aging populations. It was a college focused on creative writing, the arts and humanities.
Education should be kept away from politics. Wherever you have more regulations, you will also have more corruption. That is why private universities were propagated in the first place; to build an environment away from the trifling matters faced in public colleges.
The State Cabinet has cleared the establishment of three more private universities. At least, three more established educational institutions have put their proposal before the government seeking permission to establish private varsities.
The Higher Education Minister said the government is planning to enhance academic and non-academic facilities and physical resources of universities and encourage the establishment of private universities to attract more foreign students.
Private bodies such as registered societies, trusts or companies and foreign institutions (termed ‘promoters’) will also qualify to set up the non-profit innovation institutions – either through collaboration or independently – after signing an agreement with the government.
Educational infrastructure in Nigeria is overstretched due to explosion of prospective students seeking admission into universities and other tertiary institutions. This has resulted in an unprecedented exodus of Nigerian students to foreign universities. In this report, our Ghana correspondent Kate Da Costa says many Nigerian students are being swindled by suspicious private universities in Ghana.
Brown University agreed to a deal with the city of Providence, R.I., that would double the amount the Ivy League college currently pays to the financially troubled city.
The volume of federally guaranteed student loans to students at so-called proprietary colleges — the ones that intend to operate at a profit and get nearly all their revenue from the government — continues to grow.
Tras darse a conocer que a nivel nacional las universidades privadas habían incrementado sus gastos en cuestión de seguridad, el rector de la Universidad Iberoamericana Torreón, Héctor Acuña Nogueira, manifestó que ellos también lo han hecho, sin embargo, este gasto no se ve reflejado en las cuotas de los alumnos, pues estos gastos son absorbidos por la propia universidad.
La proliferación de universidades privadas que no garantizan calidad formativa fue criticada ayer en la reunión de la Cámara de Anunciantes del Paraguay (CAP). Es muy difícil encontrar talentos, sostienen empresarios.
El presidente del Colegio de Profesores, Jaime Gajardo, apuntó a la educación superior privada la responsabilidad por la mala formación con que salen de sus carreras los estudiantes de pedagogía, deficiencia que fue registrada por la prueba Inicia.
Un nuevo reporte de la agencia de noticias Reuters confirma lo que muchos estudiantes universitarios ya sabían y que parece difícil de creer: Los de las universidades públicas se están graduando con más deudas que los de las privadas.
Un dicho popular albanés dice: "Ya que me he licenciado en la universidad, debo acabar la escuela media". Una broma que no lo es tanto, ante la creciente sospecha sobre el negocio de venta de títulos académicos falsos por parte de las universidades privadas.
Tras ser elegido por los tres estamentos que componen la universidad, quienes le otorgaron el 54,45% de las preferencias y, luego de ser ratificado por el directorio, el profesor José Bengoa Cabello asumió la tarde del lunes como rector de la casa de estudios. La primera que elige a su autoridad, mediante consulta vinculante.
El consejero de Educación, Cultura y Deportes, Miguel Ángel Serna, ha asegurado que el Gobierno de Cantabria "no aporta nada" a la nueva universidad privada de la Fundación Universidad Iberoamericana (Funiber) y que su única función será llevar al Parlamento regional la ley para su creación.
Una moratoria temporal para la creación de universidades públicas y privadas por un periodo de tres años, es lo que dispone el proyecto de ley aprobado por mayoría en la Comisión de Educación del Congreso.
El Tecnológico de Monterrey, una de las mayores universidades privadas de América Latina, está ampliando sus lazos con China, donde tiene una oficina desde 2004, con nuevos acuerdos con facultades del centro oeste del país, según dijo a Efe hoy Mercedes González, directora de su sede en Shanghái.
El candidato a la Presidencia Municipal por los Partidos Acción Nacional y Nueva Alianza, Alejandro Zapata Perogordo, se reunió con los rectores de catorce universidades privadas de nuestra capital, con quienes habló de los retos que la ciudad enfrenta en materia de educación y desarrollo.
La eficiencia analiza la cantidad de recursos empleados para la fabricación de un bien o la provisión de un servicio, la eficiencia competitiva compara la eficiencia entre dos empresas u organizaciones para la fabricación de un bien o la provisión de un servicio, equivalentes.
El alumnado en másteres oficiales ha aumentado en el curso 2010-2011 un 29,5 por ciento respecto al anterior, ya que se matricularon 180.433 alumnos más, según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), que también apunta a que ocho de cada diez estudiantes de este ciclo eligió una universidad pública para cursarlo. Asimismo, el número de másteres alcanzó en ese año académico la cifra de 2.930, casi 670 más que en 2009-2010 y finalizaron estos programas en 2011 un total de 45.748 alumnos de los que el 56,6 por ciento eran mujeres.
América Latina, resurgida de la última crisis financiera global en mejor forma que gran parte del resto del mundo, está creciendo actualmente en muchas áreas –commodities, energía, e infraestructura. El financiamiento del sector privado está jugando un rol crucial en la promoción de este crecimiento y profesionalizando de sectores económicos enteros, a través de fusiones y adquisiciones de empresas de todo tamaño.