Daniel Luzer

In the continuing saga of the Government Accountability Office report on for-profit colleges that was slightly exaggerated, a new paper commissioned by America’s for-profit schools accuses the GAO of “sloppy investigating.” But then, the for-profit paper (written by an Illinois research company) seems to be pretty sloppy too. According to an article by Kelly Field […]

On Tuesday Georgetown University announced that it would soon be offering its master’s degree in nursing online. According to the press release: Julie DeLoia, the school’s interim dean, says Georgetown’s academic rigor and values-based approach prepare nurses to become leaders, critical thinkers and compassionate practitioners. “Our new online initiative will allow us to extend our […]

Seton Hall University, a catholic college in New Jersey, has finally selected a president. He will be the first new president the university has seen in more than 15 years and the first non-priest to head the school. This comes after a long and very frustrating search. According to an article by Kelly Heyboer in […]

Thought going to college would be a sensible way to get a good job? Well it looks like for the most sought-after positions in the country, only a few schools—five of the more than 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States—will do. As Tom Bartlett put it in a piece in the Chronicle of […]

The University of Phoenix, the for-profit college owned by the Apollo Group, had a very significant enrollment decline in the wake of bad press and upcoming federal rules about student debt. According to an article by Jahna Berry in the Arizona Republic: Student enrollment at University of Phoenix parent Apollo Group nose-dived 42 percent in […]

State universities in Virginia will now have the opportunity to get millions in return for giving extra focus to subjects the state has deemed to be important. According to an Associated Press article by Zinie Chen Sampson in Bloomberg News: Virginia’s public colleges and universities will be eligible to apply for $50 million to enhance […]

Despite campaign promises to increase state spending on colleges by “pursuing savings in the state’s prisons,” on Monday California’s new/old governor, Jerry Brown (right), released a budget that slashed funding for higher education. According to an Associated Press article by Terence Chea in the San Jose Mercury-News: The leaders of the University of California, California […]

The significant changes to American welfare policy enacted by the Clinton administration’s Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which limited the amount of time someone could receive government assistance and also encouraged recipients to find jobs, may have also decreased the chance that women would obtain vocational training. According to a study […]

At least one college is going to have to start measuring its output. This could be a good—or very, very bad—thing. According to a piece in the Wall Street Journal: Texas A&M is starting to ask such basic questions as: Is that psychology or engineering professor worth his $125,000 salary? The school is trying to […]

The Great Sioux Nation will apparently keep on fighting. Back in November the North Dakota state board of higher education decided that, in keeping with National Collegiate Athletic Association rules about mascots, the University of North Dakota athletic teams could no longer be known as the Fighting Sioux. Many actual Sioux objected to this decision. […]