Nov
18

Milken-PennGSE Education Business Plan Competition

written by EDU Guy

UPenns has asked ForProfitEDU.com  to post the following:
In a knowledge economy, nothing is more important than people being able to maximize their potential.  And yet, collectively we have not figured out how to reach every person – regardless of where they are intellectually, emotionally, financially, and geographically – to help them realize their potential.  Effective [...]

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Nov
16

Professional Academic Society to Offer Graduate Credit by University of St. Thomas for Adjunct Faculty Certification Program

written by tdomf_63e10

CHICAGO, Ill., August 10, 2009 — SoCAFE, The Society of Certified Adjunct Faculty Educators, announced today that the organization’s certification program for part-time college and university faculty would now be available for graduate credit by the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
Completion of the certification course, entitled “Core Competencies of College Teaching” (CTED 672), [...]

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Nov
11

Free EDU press release broadcast is available

written by EDU Guy

Reminder to all group members that a free EDU press release broadcast tool is available to all group members. go to: http://www.forprofitedu.com/press-release-submit/  to submit your edu related press release free to over 3000 EDU Industry readers.

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Nov
11

Press Release: Remington College Reduces Costs, Gains Greater Control over Their Lead Generation with Sparkroom Lead Deliver

written by tdomf_63e10

Lead Performance Management platform provides Remington marketers with real-time insight into lead performance resulting in more efficient media planning and execution
Toronto – November 11, 2009 – Sparkroom, Inc. (www.sparkroom.com), a leading provider of Lead Performance Management solutions, announced today that Remington College has chosen Sparkroom’s Lead Deliver and Lead IQ platforms to automate their lead [...]

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Nov
10

Security Analyst Faults Barron’s Cover Story on For Profits

written by onlineedu

Security Analyst Faults Barron’s Cover Story on For Profits:
 A cover story (http://online.barrons.com/article/SB125755384448934953.html#articleTabs_panel_article%3D1%26articleTabs%3Darticle) this week in Barron’s takes aim at for-profit colleges and universities, saying student graduation rates and default rates are worse than those at traditional colleges, and that student dropout rates are as high as those at public universities.
 ”For-profit schools like to blame dropouts [...]

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Nov
9

EDU stocks continue to get hit

written by onlineedu

Clearly the EDU stocks are continuing to get hit.  Apol is leading the downward trend, but the others are following.  Many of the analysts I speak with are still concerned about pending legislative changes…  Thought they all agree that for the most part on the state level the for-profits are welcomed, but at the federal/national [...]

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