Earlier today, we reported that the country’s second largest for-profit educator, Education Management Corporation will stop enrolling students at most of its Brown Mackie locations while “teaching out” the students that remain. Now, we have documents showing how the school is notifying both students and employees of the grim news. [More]
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Emails Show How Brown Mackie College Is Giving Students & Employees Bad News About School Phase-Outs
By 6.10.16
University Of Phoenix Stops New Enrollment At 14 Campuses, 10 Learning Centers
By 8.13.15
The country’s largest for-profit college chain is about to get a bit smaller, as a new report reveals that The University of Phoenix is no longer accepting new enrollments at two dozen campuses and learning centers across the country. [More]
California Orders Corinthian Colleges To Stop Enrollment At WyoTech, Everest Campuses
By 4.22.15
The collapse of for-profit education chain Corinthian Colleges – operator of Everest University, Heald College and WyoTech – continued today after a California regulator issued an order requiring the company to cease enrolling new students at its Everest and WyoTech campuses in the state. [More]
For-Profit College Enrollment Is Down Following Scandals & School Failures
By 3.31.15
With increasing scrutiny from lawmakers, regulators, consumer advocates and the general public, the past five years have been hard on a for-profit college industry that had enjoyed years of happily feeding at the federal student aid trough. There have been changes to schools’ often excessive advertising budgets, damning reports of abuse, and soon-to-be-implemented rules requiring for-profit programs to demonstrate their effectiveness. The fractures in a business model that has attracted some of the biggest names in investment have become more evident, especially when comparing previously robust enrollment numbers with the most recent figures. [More]
