N.Y. Reins In For-Profit Colleges

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by jimnagrom, Jan 23, 2006.

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  1. jimnagrom

    jimnagrom New Member

    New York State has put a moratorium on the establishment of new programs by for-profit colleges while officials examine perceived abuses and the state’s existing policies to combat them.

    The step is the latest in a string of actions suggesting that states and other regulators are ratcheting up their scrutiny of, and turning up the heat on, commercial colleges.

    http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/01/23/ny
     
    jimnagrom, Jan 23, 2006
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  2. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    I wasn't impressed by the for-profit for which I used to work, nor by most of the others I've seen. I think that most of them exist solely because of the market distortion of Title IV funding.

    However, neither am I in favor of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, even if Junior is bathing in a swimming pool rather than a bathtub.

    I'm happy to let them seek out as many students as they like, even if many students wouldn't make the same choice I would. A review of institutional eligibility of Title IV, however, would elicit no complaint from me.

    -=Steve=-
     
    SteveFoerster, Jan 23, 2006
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