The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs has begun an investigation into four for-profit colleges over concerns about students’ dropout and loan-default rates, and the ways in which students are recruited in the first place.
For-profit colleges have been under increased scrutiny at all levels of government in recent years, amid growing concern that many of their students are left shouldering unwieldy debt but unable to find good jobs, and that tax payers are being debited in the process.
“What we are concerned about,” said Julie Menin, the commissioner of consumer affairs, speaking about problems within the industry at large, “is that predatory, for-profit colleges are taking advantage of the ambition that so many New Yorkers with low incomes have for a better life, and cheating them out of their dreams and their money.”
Read the rest of the story at The New York Times
Education Vendors arrive at conference season with packed calendars, booth goals, and high expectations. Events…
Deepfakes in schools are no longer an abstract concern for educators. The substitute teacher has…
Data Privacy in Schools is often talked about at the district office or in IT…
Safer STEM Spaces start with recognizing a simple truth. Instruction has changed faster than many…
The Science of Reading is a vast, interdisciplinary body of research that explains how children…
Immersive Learning is no longer a novelty reserved for occasional demonstrations or special events. In…