I have been lucky to have experiences with both for-profits
and non-profits, both as an administrator and student. While there might be
some slight differences, the one thing that unites them all is that they want
to keep their students and recruit more students.
I have been saying for years now that there should be more collaboration
between for-profits and the traditional sector because they both have different
strengths that could complement the respective weaknesses. However, higher
education being what it is, it it will be a while before that chasm is
significantly crossed and the various institutions are truly talking about
helping students together.
That being said, and article I was reading this morning
bothered me a great deal because it seems like an unfair double standard.
“Differentiation vs.
Discrimination”
“The Obama administration is toughening its regulation of
for-profit colleges in numerous straightforward ways, most notably and publicly
by taking another shot (after a federal judge blocked the last one) at drafting
rules requiring vocational programs to prove that they are preparing students
for "gainful employment."”
“But advocates for the colleges and other, more independent
observers accuse administration officials of discriminating against for-profit
institutions in a less-visible way, too -- and twisting federal statutes to do
so”.
“Specifically, they say, the U.S. Education Department is
differentially applying rules governing state authorization of higher education
programs, requiring for-profit institutions in California that are regionally
accredited by the Western Association of Colleges and School to go through a
rigorous state approval process from which the department has agreed to exempt
nonprofit colleges that are accredited by WASC”.
Read the rest here: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/14/profit-colleges-say-us-discriminates-against-them-state-authorization
I will let you decide for yourselves, but just think about
it, because in the end it is about helping students.
Dr Flavius A
B Akerele
The ETeam
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