Posts Tagged ‘U.S. Department of Education’
DC Shuttle: Gainful Employment and Other Higher Ed News from Washington
by The New England Council
May 9, 2011
The U.S. Education Department is going ahead with its proposed "gainful employment" rules for for-profit colleges, despite industry advocates calling on Congress and the courts to intervene. Originally scheduled to be issued last September, Education Secretary Arne Duncan delayed the regulations after receiving about 90,000 letters on the issue, most of them in opposition. The ...
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Ed Secy Duncan Urges States and Districts to Drive Achievement and Increase Grad Rates as they Trim
by Darrell P. Aaron
March 4, 2011
Citing the “new normal” and impending budget cuts, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged state leaders to boost student achievement despite dwindling resources.
"There is a right way and a wrong way to cut spending, and the most important guiding principle I can offer is to minimize the negative impact on students and seize this opportunity ...
Read MoreTags: Arne Duncan, Darrell P. Aaron, Dennis Jones, Jane Wellman, U.S. Department of Education | No Comments
MassBay CC Gets its Largest-Ever Grant; New Program Aims to Boost Haiti Partnership
by Shoshana Akins
November 5, 2010
MassBay Community College was awarded a five-year, $2 million grant under the U.S. Department of Education's Strengthening Institutions Program, which aims to help campuses serve lower-income students by enhancing academic quality, institutional management and fiscal stability.
The Wellesley, Mass. college also won approval of a three-year Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) grant from ...
Read MoreTags: Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, Haiti, Massachusetts Bay Community College, Shoshana Akins, Strengthening Institutions Program, U.S. Department of Education, University of Massachusetts Boston | 1 Comment
For-Profit Colleges: Futile Degrees or Fruitful Employment?
by Courtney Wilk
November 3, 2010
For-profit colleges such as the University of Phoenix and Kaplan University offer an alternative to traditional two-year and four-year non-profit institutions by focusing, if their rhetoric is to be believed, on learning “relevant material you can apply immediately to your workplace.” With the rise in unemployment and the difficulties college grads are experiencing securing jobs, ...
Read MoreTags: Courtney Wilk, Education Management Corporation, for-profit colleges, Kaplan University, nontraditional students, proprietary colleges, student loans, U.S. Department of Education, University of Phoenix | 3 Comments
RI, Mass. Among Finalists in Signature Ed Reform Initiative
by Shoshana Akins
August 3, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education named Massachusetts and Rhode Island among 19 finalists in the national Race to the Top competition.
The competition rewards states that adopt standards and assessments to prepare students for college and career success, build data systems that measure success, recruit effective teachers and principals and "turn around" low-achieving schools.
In the first ...
Read MoreTags: National Opportunity to Learn Campaign, Race to the Top, Shoshana Akins, U.S. Department of Education | No Comments
College Attainment: Throwing a Complete Game
by Stan Jones and David Soo
July 26, 2010
The U.S. once had the world’s highest percentage of adults with a college degree, but has now dropped to 10th, according to the OECD. In an attempt to reverse this slide, a number of policymakers and foundations have sought to make increased degree attainment a national priority. President Obama has articulated the goal that America ...
Read MoreTags: American Community Survey, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census Bureau, community colleges, Complete College America, David Soo, degree attainment, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, Lumina Foundation, Stan Jones, The New England Journal of Higher Education, U.S. Department of Education | No Comments
