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Federal Committee Votes to Terminate Troubled College Accreditor
The Education Department took the unprecedented step of calling on the government to revoke powers of for-profit college accreditor.
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New Student Debt Scheme Turns Students Into Stock Options
Proposed by Milton Friedman in the 1970s, Mitch Daniels' “Back a Boiler” initiative is like an investment in a piece of flesh-and-blood real estate.
The Truth About For-Profit Colleges and Trump University
While there are some parallels, Trump University is not representative of for-profit higher education.
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What’s Really Happening to the Humanities Under Neoliberalism?
An emphasis on “employable” academic majors is resulting in a self-fulfilling prophecy in which learning is devalued.
Accreditor of For-Profit Colleges Agrees It Needs a Makeover
Embattled college accreditor ACICS announces that it will halt new applications for accreditation while it institutes reforms.
Richard Wolff on the Changing Tides of Capitalism and Socialism
Economist Richard D. Wolff discusses why many people are beginning to distrust capitalism and warm to socialism.
Five Reasons Why Student Debt Is Skyrocketing
Grads in 2016 are the most indebted in history.
Is a Tuition-Free Policy Enough to Ensure College Success?
Universal free tuition would invest fewer resources where they are needed and more where they are not.
How the Mainstream Corporate Media Get It Wrong on Student Debt
Student loan debt tops $1 trillion in the United States, yet media still aren't always telling the full story on college affordability and student debt.
Fighting Institutional Racism: Insights From Providence College
From Mizzou to Yale, campus protests have arisen in the backdrop of the larger Black Lives Matter movement.