Contrary to popular opinion, private two-year colleges are not moribund, but they must keep a tight rein and concentrate on improving their programs. (Editor)

Kaplan Educational Centers and Sylvan Learning Centers, private remedial instruction programs, are being used increasingly to move students through college remedial programs more quickly, either through oversight or teaching. One uses its own instructors; the other hires teachers already employed by client colleges. Some find the services…

Discusses the problems facing proprietary schools. Includes information about student financial aid, state regulation, accreditation; government responsibility; quality control, consumer fraud, and reporting. Indicates a need for states to look to themselves to solve some of the problems. (JOW)

Questions whether regional accrediting associations should use different eligibility criteria and/or policies for multipurpose and single-purpose colleges. Sees a diverse membership having a positive impact on evaluating, maintaining, and enhancing quality. (DMM)

Argues that institutional accreditation looks at the entire entity, whereas specialized accreditation treats particular programs/disciplines. Contends that regional accreditation is not appropriate for judging institutions that offer basically one program, responding to common arguments for doing so. (DMM)

Examines three recently established entrpreneurial organizations delivering distance education: (1) the University of Michigan's Academic Outreach Program; (2) the University Center at Northwestern Michigan College; and (3) the Michigan Virtual Automotive College. Argues for the emergence of a postsecondary knowledge industry in which new forces…

The new president of American InterContinental University bought the for-profit institution and plans to distinguish it from others by offering students fast-paced programs providing "good return" on tuition investment. The growth strategy is built on the concept of "power campuses": new branches specializing in business…

Sylvan Learning Systems, a company best known for its tutoring and testing operations, plans to create a network of private, for-profit universities in a dozen countries overseas, at the rate of about one institution a year. The director of the U.S. Information Agency will leave his post to head the venture. The plan has received mixed reactions.…

Community colleges enroll almost half of all undergraduates in the United States. These two-year colleges manifest the American commitment to accessible and affordable higher education. With about 1,200 institutions nationwide, community colleges have made significant progress over the past decade in opening access and have become the critical…

Describes the operation and program of the Restaurant School in Philadelphia, which in a one-year course of formal instruction and on-the-job training teaches students how to own and operate small restaurants and invests in the restaurants of some of its graduates. (JT)

Participation of postsecondary institutions in student consumerism occurs largely because of the broader problem of external pressures on all postsecondary institutions requiring institutional responses. A major source of pressure comes from government regulations for federal student-based aid programs, especially loan programs. These regulations…

The Federal government has become increasingly involved in the proprietary vocational school industry by way of loans and grants to students, veterans benefits, contracts for the provision of training between schools and rehabilitation and other government agencies, other financial relationships, and associated supervisory and regulatory…

The information in this report pertains to the distribution of enrollments in Oregon's postsecondary institutions of education as of fall 1973. It is the purpose of this report to provide a reliable data base for use by those involved in comprehensive statewide educational planning. This is one of several annual reports published by the…

In the Emery School case accreditation was withdrawn and the case appealed by the institution, raising the question of standards by which a court will judge the procedural fairness of the accrediting agency. Procedural fairness was attacked by the school. Lessons for accreditors and institutional administrators are discussed. (LBH)

The author discusses the three major areas in which a proprietary school must function properly in order to be successful: (1) Recruiting, with appropriate entrance tests before student admission; (2) educational program, with courses to train students in skills needed by business; and (3) job placement, the school's best form of advertising. (MF)