A man with a vision set out to revolutionize preschool. It became a $440 million fiasco.
Category: For-Profit Schools
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Inside the $440 Million Collapse of Guidepost Montessori
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Harvard’s War With Trump Forces Question of How Endowments Should Be Spent
The Trump administration’s war on elite universities has forced them to consider whether it’s ever worth dipping into the trust.
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‘A Rip-Off’: Students Secure a Final Settlement Against Walden University
A $28.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against the university helped create a fresh precedent for prosecuting predatory advertising in for-profit education.
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There’s a Program to Cancel Private Student Debt. Most Don’t Know About It.
A nonprofit group is publicizing the relief program that Navient, a large lender, created for students who attended for-profit schools that misled them.
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Navient Will Cancel Private Student Loans. Most Don’t Know About It.
A nonprofit group is publicizing the relief program that Navient, a large lender, created for students who attended for-profit schools that misled them.
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Report Helps Answer the Question: Is a College Degree Worth the Cost?
The analysis found that former students at most colleges had an annual income higher than high school graduates a decade after enrollment.
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Wall Street’s Most Hated Regulator Faces an Existential Threat
Rohit Chopra, who leads the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, says he is simply enforcing the law. Bankers call him reckless — a “regulator gone rogue.”
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Education Department Expands Student Loan Relief Programs
The New York Times – Business:A lengthy set of rule changes will reduce the total cost for many federal student loan borrowers and ease rules for debt elimination.