For-profit schools are serviced by commercial companies whose primary goal is to raise student achievement to a designated level within a period specified by contract. Different school systems are discussed along with their positive and negative points. Questions related to possible issues are presented in each case for consideration. Reasons for…

This report on student indebtedness is based primarily on a current study which is measuring the average Stafford loan balance facing students, as well as indicators of payment stress. The study is based on data on about 325,000 loans from the USA Group's entire loan servicing portfolio, which includes both subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford…

Presents guidelines that businesses such as child care centers can use in their efforts to become entrepreneurial nonprofit organizations. (BB)

Creating separate student-aid programs for the proprietary and nonprofit sectors of higher education will be one of the most bitterly debated issues in the upcoming reauthorization of higher education law. A major point of contention is the matter of hugely disproportionate default rates among students in the different sectors. (MLW)

Reports on the financial status of for-profit child care businesses and organizations throughout the United States. Lists the nation's 50 largest for-profit child care organizations. Notes threats and opportunities that center owners face. (BB)

Advocates hail privatization as an effective, cost-efficient tool for school boards in meeting their wide-ranging obligations and diverse responsibilities. Critics see privatization as movement away from a publicly owned and operated institution with broad citizen support to a hollow structure that compromises public education's goals. A sidebar…

The project manager for Educational Alternatives, Inc. (EAI) and the Hartford Public Schools summarizes the relationship between the two organizations; lists questions that an administrator should ask when considering purchasing services, and how EAI would have answered them; and describes lessons learned. (MLF)

The advent of new technologies is revolutionizing possibilities for distance education. International Multimedia University (Italy), a commercial enterprise, was established as a clearinghouse for electronic delivery of courses taught by experts worldwide to learners worldwide. These courses will strive to educate rather than train, to complement…

The Coordinating Board for Higher Education and the Missouri Department of Higher Education present this fiscal year 2006 Annual Report to inform individuals of the state's status and progress in higher education. Section 173.040, RSMo (see Appendix A) specifically details what information the CBHE should include in its annual report. The various…

This report discusses the evolution of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools' Commission on Higher Education (CHE/MSA) from the point of view of the Commission's Executive Director during his successive tenure as Assistant Executive Secretary, Associate Director, and Executive Director from 1974 until his departure in 1995. It…

This document presents tables of data on enrollment and geographic origins of first-time, full-time students attending postsecondary institutions in New York State for 6 years between 1981 through 1992. Categories of data include county of residence of students, names of individual colleges, and institutional sector (State University of New York,…

A study was conducted to identify the factors influencing students' decision to enroll in a privately controlled "vocational, trade, business, or other training school" and the educational attainment of these proprietary school students. Databases derived from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 and High School and…

The document presents three tables detailing New York college enrollment data for fall 1989. Definitions of seven basic terms as used in the tables (e.g., degree-credit enrollment and full-time/part-time) precede the tables. Table 1 provides data on degree-credit enrollment and first-time students in institutions of higher education by level of…

The role of state agency regulation, oversight, and funding of programs at New Jersey's private, postsecondary trade schools was examined through meeting participation, review of existing regulations, and interviews with agency staff. Findings were as follows: (1) proprietary vocational schools play a large role in New Jersey's postsecondary…

State oversight of private colleges and proprietary schools and the criteria used in evaluating institutions are considered. The primary approaches used by states in licensing and authorizing schools to operate and grant degrees are identified: minimum standards, honest practice, and realization of objectives. Tables show the current regulatory…