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U.S. investment in African university fails as China advances
When the U.S. government’s private-investment arm teamed with New York-based real-estate investor W.P. Carey Inc. to finance the expansion of a prestigious university in Ghana, it was meant to demonstrate a novel for-profit funding model for development projects in Africa.
ED had hand in college chain’s collapse, documents show
Dream Center Education Holdings, a subsidiary of a Los Angeles-based megachurch, had no experience in higher education when it petitioned the federal Education Department to let it take over a troubled chain of for-profit trade schools.
Australian Universities face foreign influence probe amid China contract revelations
The government has ramped up scrutiny of universities' compliance with newly introduced foreign influence laws following revelations about China's authority over Confucius Institute education centres on Australian campuses.
Lots of college students drop out. There are degrees of success in preventing it.
I once worked with a young woman who was smart, kind and industrious. Her success seemed assured, except for one thing. She had to drop out of college and could not afford to get back in.
Iowa man used his secret fortune to send 33 strangers to college
Dale Schroeder was a simple, humble man from Iowa, who ended up changing the lives of 33 people forever.
University of Iowa VP warns of ‘profound’ drop in student numbers over next decade
The long-term outlook for higher education is bleak, and Iowa will be right in the crosshairs — requiring its institutions to take prompt action and instigate immediate planning to survive, according to Brent Gage, associate vice president for enrollment management with the University of Iowa.
Congress investigates ED in wake of abrupt Art Institute closures
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh shuttered abruptly in March, locking out students and breaking rules set by accreditation agencies on how to properly close schools.
Chinese Nationalists bring threat of violence to Australia universities
The Chinese nationalists disrupting pro-Hong Kong democracy rallies at the University of Queensland arrived 300 strong, with a speaker to blast China’s national anthem. They deferred to a leader in a pink shirt. And their tactics included violence.
How free college works in a red state like Texas
Free college has become a progressive hallmark for Democrats vying for the US White House in 2020. Practically all of the top contenders back some form of tuition-free higher education, one response to the country’s $1.5 trillion student debt problem.
