For-profit colleges look worse than ever following a study from Stanford's Caroline M. Hoxby and Harvard's Christopher Avery. The new study found that for-profit schools spend much less on instructional cost per student than all other schools.
For-profit colleges are finding it tougher to do business in general these days, but particularly in California. They’re feeling the effects of negative publicity about the for-profit sector, tighter federal regulatory controls, and a somewhat better economy, meaning that more people can find jobs without turning to college to learn new skills or improve existing ones.
Delivering a lecture on ‘Higher Education in India-emerging Challenges’ at OU here Saturday, Ved Prakash said private universities have a significant role to play in the education field.
Private engineering colleges in the state urged the state government on Saturday to release the arrears pertaining to tuition fee reimbursement for the academic year 2012-13 immediately.
In Iraqi Kurdistan, the opening up of the economy and the creation of numerous private universities have given a new generation hope of a bright future.