Private higher education providers
Australian independent colleges also rail against inequitable consumer protection
Trump education chief resisted aiding students defrauded by for-profit college chain
For-profit college says it has been granted permission for judicial review against ‘unlawful’ refusal, which blocks loan access
New category would give top colleges bragging rights and a platform to upgrade to university status
Trump administration defied court order to protect former for-profit students
HE institutions have offered more than 2,000 places to GSM students, but uncertainty remains over fate of others
One in 12 students now pays to go private in Germany, attracted by ‘niche’ courses, smaller classes and flexible learning schedules
Institutions without place on Office for Students’ list unable to confirm loan eligibility for new recruits
But Australian assessor says most growth will be outside universities, and opens door to new category of institution
Office for Students’ judgement that for-profit college was ‘not financially viable’ raises questions of why Department for Education extended funding access last year
Conversations with students at the failed for-profit provider reveal much about its business model and the Department for Education’s judgement, writes John Morgan
GSM London’s slide into administration leaves difficult questions for DfE on why it granted the college continued loan access last year, writes John Morgan
GSM London will end teaching at the end of September, meaning current students must find alternative institutions
Some alternative providers could lose access to public student loans if OfS judges non-continuation rates too high
Providers squabble over whether to relax rules for university colleges or jettison the category altogether
The Advertising Standards Authority is wrong to permit to any provider of training to graduates to declare itself a “graduate school”, says Viv Ellis
Preparations for sale by Apollo Education Group are under way, THE understands, two years after owner changed hands
Former X Factor judge becomes co-owner of Liverpool Media Academy
European University of Business claims that it has university status
Office for Students has sent ‘minded to refuse’ letters to 20 providers
Private equity-owned BIMM to receive ?2.4m in teaching grant as OfS funds new providers for first time
Despite broad differences with president, long-shot candidate Bill Weld demonstrates how ‘belief in markets is bred in the bone’
Figures show that thousands of students registered at some universities are taught elsewhere
Despite its tarnished reputation and history of collapsed ventures, the for-profit sector retains a strong foothold on the US academy. Paul Basken tracks its successes and failures
Despite legal setbacks, administration stops Obama rule forgiving duped borrowers
For-profit institutions at particular risk of collapse, researchers say
Australia’s private colleges are lumbered with loan fee despite doing better than university partners
In what may be a tactical pullback, Trump administration reduces reach of wide-reaching bid to empower for-profit sector
Independent colleges ‘defined by what they’re not, not what they are’, Teqsa report says
Disclosure could have ‘adverse effects’ on institutions’ ‘commercial interests’, university claims
After enduring tumultuous college closures, Massachusetts mulls forcing private institutions to prove their ongoing viability
Generous philanthropic giving brings significant benefits to US universities but poses leadership challenges too, says ?ngel Cabrera
Soldier-students likely to suffer heavily if for-profit institutions don’t deliver on promises
US administration portrays campaign as matter of fairness and equity
Principal of joint venture between ex-Manchester United players and Lancaster University discusses how he answers the question: ‘aren’t you making a lot of rich people even richer?’
Chinese purchases of US college campuses may be more about pursuing business objectives than promoting ideology
Education Corporation of America, with more than 70 for-profit US colleges, falls victim to changing economics and sector-wide crackdown on abuses
College has been ‘limited and frustrated’ by UK’s ‘regulatory labyrinth’ and ‘pressure to conform’ with ‘conservative’ universities, says founder
Independent HE report suggests it is time for ‘radical new SME approach’ to sector
Officials give GSM green light for public funding despite knowing of its financial worries, while ministers ‘refuse to back public universities’
Boston university wants to develop one-to-one tutorial model as it creates ‘global university system’
London institution will take ‘formal name’ of ‘New College of the Humanities at Northeastern’
Rapid expansion of Southern New Hampshire University sparks interest but also concern
Higher education institutions too slow to adapt what and how they teach, rival says
Advtech to buy Johannesburg campus established by Monash in 2000
Regulator’s figures reveal intensive student ‘churn’ and heavy concentration in business courses
Government steps in after scams undermine consumer protection arrangements
Restrictions on access maintain high quality bar, says rector of Latin American Center for Human Economics
Funding will support Lancaster to develop curriculum for Manchester-based University Academy 92
Leaving state regulatory system might free institutions from ministers’ ‘deeply flawed’ fixation with value for money, says Frans Berkhout
Analysis of accounts of institutions receiving public funding reveals large salary, bonus and dividend payouts
Department for Education team backing those setting up new universities may reflect concern over role of Office for Students
Unions and universities worry that agreements could leave them vulnerable to for-profit competition and entrench privatisation
Private liberal arts institution gains UK degree-awarding powers
But government data predict that share of black and ethnic minority students on campuses will rise
Labour attacks department’s green light for ‘University Campus of Football Business’ name
Westlake University may be government’s pilot of more autonomous institutions, expert suggests
Quality an ‘urgent concern’ as study reveals significant growth of private sector worldwide
Overall figures for full-time undergraduates suggest growth as other institutions expand significantly
Office for Students asked to tackle huge pay awards given to leaders of private providers
