Sentences with phrase «profit colleges found»

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A September study published by the Brookings Institution found that a large share of the growth in the number of students struggling to pay off their loans over the past several years is tied to students borrowing to go to for - profit schools and to a smaller extent two - year community college.

Though Stavisky is not free from her own controversy, as the Observer found the incumbent and ranking member of the Committee on Higher Education to have taken tens of thousands of dollars in contributions from for - profit colleges, including one that's been involved in a bribery scandal that implicated an Assembly member from Queens in 2009.

The rigor and relevance of his work — on subjects ranging from the long - term benefits of the Head Start program, the value of degrees from for - profit colleges, and the effects of racial segregation on academic achievement and life outcomes — make his findings absolutely essential reading for academics and policymakers alike,» said Dean James Ryan.

Whether you are working in a school, a museum, a no - profit organization, a college or university, a philanthropy, government, or in an organization you start - you will find frustration.

A recent report by ACT, the not - for - profit testing organization, found that only 22 percent of U.S. high school students met «college ready» standards in all of their core subjects; these figures are even lower for African - American and Hispanic students.

In 2012, Stephanie Riegg Cellini of George Washington University and Claudia Goldin of Harvard found that for - profit colleges whose students could get federal financial aid charged more than similar colleges whose students could not.

On higher education, California and the administration found much more common ground with initiatives such as the expansion of Pell grants, simplifying the federal application for student financial aid, and its crackdown on for - profit colleges that did not deliver on their promises.

2) National: A new report by the Offices of Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Katherine Clark finds that the first year of education secretary Betsy DeVos» tenure, «marked by damaging conflicts of interest,» has been «a boon for for - profit colleges, student loan companies, and advocates of school privatization.

An earlier CAP study of 20 universities receiving the largest share of federal graduate loans in the 2013 - 2014 academic year found that eight of those schools were for - profit colleges.

Specifics include support for punishment and sanctioning of for - profit colleges who are found guilty of fraud and misdirection; additionally, he is on the supporting end of federal student loan refinancing and for - profit fraud loan forgiveness.

Beyond default rates, the study found skyrocketing rates of negative amortization on federal student loans, most significantly at for - profit colleges.

There are also higher default and delinquency rates found at institutions where graduation and degree completion rates are lower — for example, at some for - profit universities or community colleges.

The legislature has found and hereby declares that the availability of legitimate courses and programs leading to academic degrees offered by responsible private not - for - profit and for - profit institutions of postsecondary education and the existence of legitimate private colleges and universities are in the best interests of the people of this state.