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For-Profit Colleges Want a Little Respect.
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Explores how for-profit colleges want to be defined as higher education institutions, for both the prestige and the money. The institutions are pushing Congress to change a key definition that prevents them from receiving certain kinds of federal aid. (EV)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Proprietary Schools
Accountability or Meddling?
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002
Discusses a suggestion by the Bush administration that colleges be held accountable for their effectiveness in retaining students, which has some college leaders worried. (EV)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Accountability, Government School Relationship, Higher Education
Dispute over Aid Rules May Hinder the Flexibility of Campus Officials.
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Explores how a dispute between the U.S. Department of Education and Saint Louis University over alleged misuse of professional judgment in the awarding of over 2,000 Pell grants could change how campus officials handle students' financial aid requests. (EV)
Descriptors: Conflict, Decision Making, Eligibility, Government School Relationship
Education Department Pulls the Plug on Novel Way To Deliver Student Aid.
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Reports that the Education Department has cancelled Access America, a pilot program which allowed students to control their financial aid accounts over the World Wide Web. Finds that many colleges objected to lack of federal consultation with colleges. However, supporters say the pilot has shown the value of using the Web for this purpose. (DB)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Federal Aid, Government School Relationship, Higher Education
U.S. Panel Warns Colleges to Cut Costs or Risk an "Erosion of Public Trust."
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
The National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education has rejected calls for federal intervention to reduce college costs, but warned that if institutions do not control costs, the government will be forced to intervene, which could destroy academic quality. While colleges appreciate the panel's sensitivity to college autonomy, some observers…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Government, Federal Regulation, Government School Relationship
Rift Grows over What Keeps Low-Income Students out of College.
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002
Explores the divide among those who study higher education policy over whether preparation or money is the primary obstacle to college attendance for underprivileged students; federal policies could hinge on which side of the debate is favored. (EV)
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Attendance, College Preparation, Economically Disadvantaged
The Role of Market Forces in Providing Student Loans.
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Discusses issues addressed by a Congessionally mandated panel to identify and evaluate options for infusing market forces into the student loan program. Notes possible advantages. Conflicting views of the panel's student representatives, college administrators, and lenders are reported concerning reductions of lenders' profits, removal of…
Descriptors: Banking, Educational Finance, Federal Regulation, Free Enterprise System
U.S. Proposes Regulations on Disclosure of Graduation Rates and Campus Crime Data.
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1992
Proposed regulations of the U.S. Department of Education would require institutions of higher education to disclose: (1) the graduation rates of full-time degree or certificate-seeking undergraduate students, and (2) statistics on crimes and arrests as well as campus security policies and procedures. Colleges are concerned that this information…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Graduates, Crime, Federal Regulation