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How Post University’s Career Readiness Model Can Help Not-For-Profit Universities and Graduates: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 172 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Camille Dumont

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Director Camille Dumont of the Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) about how she aligned career services with academia at Post University to better prepare students for the workforce. I was a healthcare administrator. I majored in Business Administration.

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Report: U of Arkansas system may buy University of Phoenix

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The University of Arkansas System is considering a transaction in which it would transform the for-profit University of Phoenix into an independent nonprofit affiliate, spokespeople for both institutions have confirmed. “Being private equity owned, you’re always having that conversation,” Smiley said.

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3 Enrollment Boosting Strategies for Accredited Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 178 with Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. David R. Decker

The Change Leader, Inc.

00:07:48] David Decker: So, we’re not for profit, but we’re not for loss either. Somebody told me a while back that for-profit universities have a profit mentality versus nonprofit, that they pay taxes with their profits. You have to sustain yourself. [00:07:54]

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For-profit colleges, be warned: DOE is set to hold leaders personally liable for reckless spending

University Business

As the Biden administration fights to relieve Americans of student debt, it also believes it must take a proactive step to manage a student loan resurge. Their solution: impeding for-profit leaders’ likelihood of abusing federal funding and securing the tuition of suckered-in students.

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EdTech Malaise: “He Not Busy Born is Busy Dying”

eLiterate

It’s not because the terrible, horrible, no-good LMS vendors are trying to suck the blood out of the poor universities. It’s not because the terrible, horrible, no-good university administrators are trying to build a panopticon in which they can oppress the faculty. So…that’s different.

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Biden Administration Forgives $37B of Debt for University of Phoenix Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students who took out loans to attend the for-profit University of Phoenix under the belief that the school offered them unique job opportunities at top organizations will have their debt forgiven, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. Doing so may be challenging.

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Predatory Colleges, Converted To Non-Profit, Are Failing (David Halperin, Republic Report)

Higher Education Inquirer

Grand Canyon CEO Brian Mueller has responded to the FTC and education department investigations with a remarkable series of pronouncements suggesting that the moves against his self-proclaimed Christian university are rooted in religious or ideological bias.