A federal appeals court on Monday reinstated a federal False Claims Act lawsuit brought against ITT Educational Services, Inc. by a former enrollment official. A federal judge in Indiana dismissed the suit against the for-profit higher education provider last year, saying the court did not have jurisdiction because the plaintiffs in the case were not the original source of the allegations against the company, as is required under the false claims law. The court also slapped the plaintiffs with nearly $400,000 in fines for having brought, in the judge's words, a "frivolous" lawsuit.
Apollo Group (APOL), the for-profit education stock behind the University of Phoenix, made waves yesterday by announcing that Phoenix’s accreditation was reaffirmed through the 2022–23 academic year.
This means that the private medical colleges, which were enrolling students on the basis of their own entrance tests can only admit those students who had appeared in the NEET and secured at least 50% marks. However, since the apex Court interim order of May 13 allowed the declaration of results of MCI's NEET and also of tests by private medical colleges to facilitate the admissions for the current academic year, there is now more confusion sprouting.
Central funding under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) would also be made available to private institutions based on certain criteria, the HRD ministry said.
The country's first and only private open agriculture university, which began functioning here in January this year, has opened its doors for farmers offering them courses without any age bar and qualification restriction.
The dismal situation of Nagpur University prompted the first question in the discussion: What caused this fall in standard of the hallowed institution? Former vice-chancellor Haribhau Kedar began by blaming those at the helm for not implementing the rules that make up this system.
As the admission season is on, city private colleges are making huge money by just selling out their prospectus. A student applying for two or more colleges has to shell out anywhere from Rs. 1,200 to Rs. 1,500.
Management colleges in the state are facing severe student crunch. Thirty-four private management colleges, affiliated to Rajasthan Technical University (RTU), have shut shop in this academic year and the remaining others struggle to survive due to poor student response.
The state government has decided to take control of vacant medical college seats after two rounds of admissions. The move comes in the wake of malpractices by private medical colleges last year.
The Young Doctors Association (YDA), Pakistan, has said that due to alleged negligence of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), 26 private medical and dental colleges have not created seats for postgraduate training in their respective teaching hospitals.