For-Profit Colleges
State Spending on Higher Education Still Hasn't Recovered From the Recession
And progress on that front may be slowing.
Purdue University Gets the Final Approval on Its Plan to Convert Kaplan Into a Non-Profit College
Purdue University has received full approval from the Higher Learning Commission to convert the school into a new college called Purdue Global.
Who's Regulating for-Profit Schools?
Executives from for-profit colleges. And many of them come from schools that have been under investigation.
More Bad News for For-Profit Colleges
Why presidential candidate Marco Rubio's education-reform platform makes one Pacific Standard staffer cringe.
Who Keeps Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Flowing to For-Profit College?
Accreditation agencies are supposed to make sure that colleges are putting students in a position to succeed. That’s not happening at schools overseen by one accreditor in particular.
Confessions of a For-Profit College Inspector
Young, broke, and desperate, I worked at the heart of an emerging nationwide scandal in higher education. Here's what I saw.
The Disturbing Reason Higher Education Lobbying Groups Are Supporting For-Profit Colleges
Traditional colleges and universities have become unlikely allies of the beleaguered for-profit industry as each group tries to fend off the government’s push for more accountability.
It Is Possible to Graduate From a for-Profit College
For-profit higher education's failings have the feds exercised anew. If only there was some way to know who might thrive in these institutions....