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Judge strikes ‘gainful employment’ rule

July 3, 2012 by

Parts of the Education Department’s “gainful employment” rule are invalid, a federal judge has ruled. The for-profit colleges’ trade association had challenged the rule, which could cut off student loan eligibility to vocational programs whose graduates don’t earn enough to pay off their loans.

Also on Community College Spotlight: High school graduates and their parents are increasingly wary of high college costs, guidance counselors say. More students are starting at community college or living at home to save money.

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College for some?

June 27, 2012 by

Do too many young people go to college? If so, who shouldn’t go?

Also on Community College Spotlight:  Five percent of job-training programs, all at for-profit colleges, have failed the Education Department’s new “gainful employment” rules. Eventually, students won’t be able to use federal grants or loans to attend career colleges whose graduates have high default rates and low earnings.

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What for-profit colleges do right

June 18, 2012 by

Two-year for-profit colleges do a good job graduating disadvantaged students with vocational certificates and associate degrees.

Community colleges are going online to provide job training.

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California considers two-tier tuition

May 24, 2012 by

A California Democrat wants to authorize community colleges to charge more for technical and job training classes that cost more to provide. If the public colleges don’t expand capacity, he argues, students will turn to even more expensive for-profit colleges.

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What’s the community colleges’ niche?

May 8, 2012 by

Community colleges’ should focus on general education and let for-profit colleges handle vocational training, writes a dean.

An advocacy group for community colleges is honest — brutally honest — about their failings, but can community colleges improve?

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The high cost of low tuition

May 2, 2012 by

Community college students pay a high cost for low tuition. Some are going to for-profit colleges which charge much more but don’t put would-be students on wait lists.

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Can public colleges learn from for-profits?

April 19, 2012 by

Community colleges should learn from two-year for-profit career colleges, which have nearly triple the graduation rate, argue analysts. No way, responds a community college chancellor.

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Board: 2-tier tuition is ‘Robin Hood’ plan

April 17, 2012 by

Robin Hood was the model for Santa Monica College‘s plan to charge higher tuition for added classes, say members of the very liberal college board. Those who could afford it would pay more, opening up space in budget-priced classes for low-income students.

Low tuition is no bargain if colleges can’t meet student demand, an analyst argues. If community colleges charged enough to fund sufficient classes, students wouldn’t be turning to high-cost for-profit colleges that don’t put students on a wait list.

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Learning from for-profit colleges

March 13, 2012 by

Nonprofit higher education can learn from for-profit colleges how to meet the needs of working adults, writes an analyst. For-profits’ two-year-or-less career programs have high graduation rates compared to community colleges.

Community colleges are doing developmental (remedial) education differently. They couldn’t do any worse.

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Employers see higher ed as costly, stodgy

February 16, 2012 by

The nation’s higher education system is costly, unaccountable and unwilling to change, say business leaders interviewed for a Public Agenda report.

For-profit colleges whose students are eligible for federal aid charge 75 percent more than for-profits that don’t participate in aid programs, a new study finds. That confirms a theory that increasing student aid leads to increases in tuition.

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