for-profit education

GI Bill benefits

Scrutiny of colleges that get billions in GI Bill money remains mired in bureaucracy

As veterans try to get higher educations, many complain that no one is looking out for them

Student Veterans

by Jasper Craven  – December 11, 2019

Is California saving higher education?

Spending money to find solutions to some of higher ed’s biggest problems

Higher Education

by Jon Marcus  and  Felicia Mello  – December 3, 2019

certificate programs

Will colleges with sky-high default rates face consequences?

New federal data reveals schools where more than half of students default on their loans. Will the government take action?

Higher Education

by  Sarah Butrymowicz  and  Meredith Kolodner  – October 3, 2019

High School Reform

Experts often urge educators to catch struggling students "before it's too late," but high schools are charged with educating all students, regardless of their past. The Hechinger Report is spending two years exploring high schools successful with diverse groups or trying innovative approaches.

Spotlight swings to for-profit middlemen that may be driving up the cost of online higher education

In hiring companies known as online program managers, universities give up what is often a large share of revenues

Higher Education

by  Jillian Berman  – September 19, 2019

student loans

COLUMN: The new low-income big borrower of student loans

New breed of borrowers avoids default but gets into student debt trouble

Columnists

by  Jill Barshay  – July 22, 2019

certificate programs

‘They just saw me as a dollar sign’: How some certificate schools profit from vulnerable students

When government turns a blind eye, for-profit colleges fail to fulfill promise of a fast path to a new career and leave students in debt

Higher Education

by  Sarah Butrymowicz  and  Meredith Kolodner  – July 11, 2019

Can start-up companies profit off one of the lowest paid professions: home-based child care?

For-profit companies want to fix the country’s child care system by helping low-wage child care workers better run their small businesses

Early Education

by  Rachel M. Cohen  – May 2, 2019

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Glenda Martin of Fort Dodge borrowed $23,000. She said that she supported Iowa’s 2,100-hour requirement in theory but that in practice, many of those hours were wasted.

Tangled up in debt

Beauty schools profit while their students find the promise of a lucrative career elusive

Higher Education

by Sarah Butrymowicz  and  Meredith Kolodner  – December 26, 2018

New York City Schools Chancellor Harold Levy talks on the phone in his office in downtown Brooklyn, N.Y., Thursday, May 11, 2000. Levy, head of the country's largest school system, is pushing music and poetry in a system plagued with rats, guns and crumbling school buildings.

COLUMN: Remembering former NYC Schools Chancellor Harold Levy: A champion for children and a real mensch

Levy did many things in life, but most loved being chancellor

Arts Education

by  Liz Willen  – November 29, 2018

LeMya Vaughn completes an activity on her kindergarten readiness program, UPSTART.

Experts call for an end to online preschool programs

Especially popular in rural areas, preschool programs may expose kids to ‘new risks,’ experts warn

Early Education

by  Jackie Mader  – October 10, 2018

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