Professional Academic Society to Offer Graduate Credit by University of St. Thomas for Adjunct Faculty Certification Program
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), [...]
commercial career colleges have more success graduating high-risk students than do other types of institutions
For those of us in the industry this is no surprise… We hope other take notice of these FACTS and begin to value the role of the for profits withing the education industry.
Click on the link to read the article at inside highered: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/18/career
DOE looking to shorten FASFA form
Wow, we like good news and this can be good news. While I was working at a school I cant help but remember how much difficulty people had with the fasfa forms. It was almost like an entrance exam or sorts. Finally it looks like to Govt. is doing something that will actually result in more [...]
Department of Education Conference Call
Department of Education Conference Call
The (DOE) Department of Education held a conference call on Friday that didn’t really clarify any potential upcoming regulatory changes.
Deputy Undersecretary Robert Shireman basically repeated what was published in The Federal Register.
In essence they intend to convene a committee to develop & propose regulations to maintain and/ or improve program [...]
April search volume holding strong
Check out the April search volume: http://www.forprofitedu.com/marketing-firms/search-volume/april-2009-search-volume/
Educational Attainment of the Population 18 Years and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 2008
Table 1. Educational Attainment of the Population 18 Years and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 2008
(Numbers in thousands. Civilian noninstitutionalized population /1.)
All Races
Educational Attainment
Total
None
High school graduate
Some college no degree
Associate’s , occupational
Associate’s, academic
Bachelor’s
Master’s
Professional
Doctoral
Both Sexes
.18 years and over
224,703
824
69,480
44,168
9,016
9,573
40,070
14,893
3,009
2,485
..18 to 24 years
28,398
47
8,296
10,356
608
799
2,511
128
17
14
.25 years and over
196,305
776
61,183
33,812
8,408
8,774
37,559
14,765
2,991
2,472
..25 to 29 years
21,057
30
6,017
4,109
834
1,054
5,012
1,227
181
57
..30 to 34 years
19,089
40
5,280
3,287
873
956
4,409
1,565
309
210
..35 to 39 years
20,733
40
5,586
3,623
967
1,072
4,695
1,865
375
268
..40 to [...]
