November 10, 2023
Newest Front in Biden’s Crusade on Career Colleges
Welcome back to Higher Ed on the Hill where we break down the top issues driving higher education policy. Up to bat: the Department of Education’s attack on our nation’s largest Christian institution – Grand Canyon University.
Here’s what you need to know:
- Grand Canyon University is being fined a whopping $37.7 million fine amid accusations that it misled students about the cost of doctoral programs, see the WSJ’s rebuttal here.
- Per Fox News, GCU and the DoE go way back – all rooting back to the Department refusing to acknowledge the institution as a non-profit organization. GCU has sued the Department twice with the second appeal still pending. In the meantime, the Department is retaliating through a tried-and-true tactic – forcible closure.
- But this fight goes beyond surface level, and more and more schools are being targeted. The Department has a history of opposing career colleges and non-traditional colleges that provide on-the-job experience and flexible hours. They hate colleges they cannot control, and this is selective enforcement at its finest.
- If you don’t assimilate to their “woke” ideology, consider yourself next.
From our perspective, this move by the Biden administration is simply a new tactic to shutter career schools and cut off working parents, veterans, and non-traditional learners from less-favored educational programs. They’ve done it to Florida Career College, CollegeAmerica, Stevens-Henager College, Independence University …. And now Liberty and GCU.
Read the Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board’s opinion here.
Read the full Fox News article here.
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Happy Veterans Day! Student Veterans “Check the Boxes” Colleges Are Looking For
Via Inside Higher Ed, “a growing number of colleges and universities are expanding their outreach to and recruitment of military service members and veterans in an effort to grow enrollment as the number of students of traditional college age declines nationally. Veterans are also being pursued for their diverse backgrounds and life experiences.”
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YIKES! Biden-Harris Administration Expands Oversight and Monitoring of Colleges and Universities
Per JD Supra, “hidden in the shadow of the department’s expansive gainful-employment and financial value transparency rules, the new regulations bolster the department’s oversight and enforcement authority.”
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Best Halloween Costume Goes To… CHAIRWOMAN FOXX
