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DeVry turnaround progressing, analysts say following 2nd-quarter report

NEW YORK Analysts on Tuesday said DeVry Inc.’s turnaround is progressing, even though the for-profit education provider missed analyst estimates for fiscal fourth-quarter sales.

August 13, 2007

Students

Enrollment Growing Faster at Tennessee’s Private Colleges

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. The state’s private colleges are growing faster than public ones, government data show.

July 17, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Is Tenure In Your Future?

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Tenure, an institution as hallowed as universities themselves, has been subject to a torrent of criticism in recent years, forcing academics to decide whether it is a college’s hallmark of academic excellence or the bane of its existence.

July 14, 2007

HBCUs

The top 100: graduate and professional schools – part two; includes listing of postsecondary institutes that graduate the most minority students

This is the second half of Black Issues In Higher Education’s annual “Top 100” rankings of postsecondary institutions that graduate the most minority students. Part I ranked schools that grant baccalaureate degrees (see July 9, 1998 edition). This edition ranks graduate and professional schools.

July 12, 2007

Community Colleges

Proprietary preference – for-profit colleges

One of the surprises emerging from Black Issues’s analysis of the top one hundred institutions conferring degrees on people of color was in the rise of proprietary colleges as major players — particularly in the fields of engineering-related technologies, computer science, and business.

July 12, 2007

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Virginia College Savings Plan Founder To Depart

RICHMOND Va. Diana F. Cantor said Thursday she plans to step down as head of the Virginia College Savings Plan for a job in the private sector.

June 27, 2007

Students

Latest in Fight Against Cheating – Proctoring Exams With Web Cams

The number of college students taking courses online is surging, creating a tough dilemma for educators who want to prevent cheating.

June 20, 2007

International

Just the Stats: The Demographics of Universities

Twenty-seven percent of undergraduates at Title IV schools are racial minorities; foreign student enrollment in graduate school (12 percent) is significantly higher than in undergraduate (3 percent); and Blacks generally have the lowest six-year graduation rates of any racial group and have a disproportionately high enrollment in for-profit colleges.

May 24, 2007

Students

Online Degrees Increasingly Gaining Acceptance Among Employers

Skills, experience and reputation of school are more important factors.

April 4, 2007

HBCUs

For-Profit Schools Popular Destination For Minorities

A disproportionate percentage of degrees from proprietary colleges go to Black and Hispanic graduates

February 7, 2007

HBCUs

For-Profit Schools Popular Destination for Minorities

A disproportionate percentage of degrees from proprietary colleges go to Black and Hispanic graduates. While Black students earned 8.9 percent of bachelor’s degrees in the United States during the 2004-2005 academic year, they accounted for 15 percent (20,070) of the degrees conferred by proprietaries.

January 22, 2007

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ACE Conference: More Research Needed

Higher education is seeing a gradual change in the face of its leadership

November 29, 2006