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Analyst: For-profits have won a decisive victory

Analyst: For-profits have won a decisive victory

Thought I’d give you an afternoon update on the gainful employment story. Looks like Wall Street is loving those gainful employment rules, which ended up being much less stringent than it thought. Stocks have surged in response. This from Bloomberg: By John Lauerman and John Hechinger For-profit colleges surged the most in six years in…
by Alex Friedrich

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Capella University: Feds took some of our advice

Just got this e-mailed reaction from Capella University — a Minneapolis for-profit institution focusing on graduate education — regarding today’s release of the gainful employment rules for for-profit schools: “While we are still in the process of carefully reviewing the new gainful employment regulations to assess the impact they will have on our programs and…
by Alex Friedrich

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Kline: Gainful-employment rules to have harmful impact

Kline: Gainful-employment rules to have harmful impact

This just came in from the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee, which is chaired by our own Republican Rep. John Kline. (You may remember, he couldn’t manage to block the rules after some hard lobbying and campaign contributions.) In this e-mailed statement, he expresses “serious concerns” with the Department of Education’s final gainful employment…
by Alex Friedrich

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6 words of advice for the Class of 2011

We’re on that commencement roll. MPR’s Today’s Question gives you a chance to chime in (in a way) on today’s Midmorning program on commencement speakers, which had listeners offer their words of wisdom for the Class of 2011. The question: What message would you give the class of 2011, if you had only six words…
by Alex Friedrich

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What makes a great graduation speech?

It’s graduation time, and today MPR’s Midmorning took a look at some of the best commencement speeches — and what makes them great. In her intro, host Kerri Miller complained: “So many of them are so darn boring. I can’t remember mine.” But she said she and her guests would be exploring some of the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Gainful employment rules at a glance

They’re finally in — due out later today. This from the Associated Press: The Department of Education has finalized terms of its “gainful employment” rule for higher education programs. If graduates owe too much relative to their income, or too few former students are paying back their tuition loans in a timely manner, school programs…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: For-profit rules, ROTC and MBA jobs

Big student debt could limit schools’ aid access The government is moving forward with its crackdown on the country’s for-profit schools, aiming to protect students from taking on too much debt to attend schools that do nothing for their job prospects. (The Boston Globe) Once A Campus Outcast, ROTC Is Booming At Universities Helped by…
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Midmorning tomorrow: A great commencement address

Midmorning tomorrow: A great commencement address

At 9 a.m. tomorrow, MPR’s Midmorning program will ask the question: What Makes a Great Commencement Address? It’s graduation season, a time when students and their families celebrate proud achievements. But as everyone sits through ceremonies, will the commencement address connect and make a lasting impact? Guests: Tony Balis, Founder of The Humanity Initiative Drew…
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Unspecified terrorist threat at MSU-Mankato

This from KSTP: The Minnesota State University Mankato issued a safety alert Tuesday after receiving (an unspecified) terrorist threat. The threat was received via e-mail and was extremely brief saying very little about what, when or where an attack may happen. The university believes that this person is not a student or affiliated with the…
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Will higher college enrollment hurt standards?

It’s time to discuss some nitty gritty here at On Campus. This week we’ll be monitoring this Insight Now debate on MPR: Will expanding college admissions downgrade college standards? (There will be some structured back-and-forth debating among the participants, with plenty of time for you to chime in. To jump right in, you can read…
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