Daniel Luzer

A meeting last between education officials and representatives of for-profit apparently went rather well. The last day of a conference about higher education sponsored by the organization formerly known as the Career College Association featured U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Education James Kvaal, who plays an important role in regulating for-profit colleges. According to a piece […]

Yesterday, the Monthly‘s editor-in-chief, Paul Glastris, posted personal appeal about the importance of contributions. Thanks to all of you who responded, both too his message and earlier. The pledge drive is ending today, so you’ll no longer have to read these reminders. For those of you who’ve contributed, please know you have our most sincere […]

The Christian Science Monitor has an interesting piece about Pine Manor College, the Massachusetts women’s college that’s lately been working hard to provide higher education to poor and minority women. As Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, writes: The young women at Pine Manor College, located on a bucolic campus on the outskirts of Boston, call Nemerowicz by […]

A federal jury in Chicago has found a former administrator at the Washington Post company’s Kaplan University guilty of sending threatening messages. According to an article in Bloomberg News by Andrew Harris and Esme Deprez: Bennie Wilcox, former Kaplan University dean of law and legal studies, was convicted on all six counts against him today […]

The panel in charge of naming buildings at Eastern Illinois University has decided that no, it will not rename its Douglas Hall, which now honors famed nineteenth century orator and politician Stephen A. Douglas (right). According to an article by Rob Stroud in the The Journal Gazette and Times-Courier: On Tuesday, the committee considered a […]

In 1633 the Roman Inquisition convicted Galileo Galilei (right) of heresy for publishing scientific information arguing that the earth revolved around the sun, “which is contrary to the true sense and authority of Holy Scripture.” He was forced to recant his position and his entire body of work. He was under house arrest for the […]

Ben Miller over at Education Sector has an interesting piece up about college completion, apparently a highly contentious issue. One of the things about measures of college completion is that many schools don’t really think they’re valid. As Miller explains: The loudest objections to the federal graduation rate always come from the schools that do […]

Since 1998 the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education has issued report cards on American colleges. Well no longer. Eric Kelderman writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education that: The [organization]… has been the nagging conscience of campus leaders and state policy makers through its biennial report cards evaluating each state’s college affordability, […]

Apparently divorced parents are contributing less money toward their children’s college education. This is not because divorced people are stingier. It has more to do with what sort of people get divorced. According to an article by Daniel de Vise in the Washington Post: A new study by researchers from Rice University and the University […]

A piece in Bloomberg News indicates that incoming Republican congressman seem to be opposing stronger regulations of the for-profit college industry. According to the article by Esme Deprez and John Lauerman: Representative John Kline, the Republican who will head the House Education Committee, said he opposes tighter rules for the for-profit education industry, sending company […]