Robert Eitel has up until now refused to disclose he worked on borrower defense. A senior U.S. Department of Education official hired straight out of the for-profit college sector helped dismantle ...

President Donald Trump's recent proposal to redirect federal funding from elite universities like Harvard to trade schools signals a significant shift in the US higher education landscape. While Trump ...

The for-profit college industry is struggling under the weight of declining enrollment, stiff competition from traditional universities and an image battered by past misdeeds, even as the Trump ...

To most Americans, colleges like Grand Canyon University look pretty benign. But not to the Federal Trade Commission. Until recently, the FTC looked at this Phoenix-based institution and many others ...

Students who attended for-profit colleges filed more than 98 percent of the requests for student loan forgiveness alleging fraud by their schools, according to an analysis of Education Department data ...

As President Donald Trump works to reshape America’s colleges and universities, the man he wants overseeing higher education has deep ties to an industry often in the Department of Education’s ...

For-profit colleges are businesses that aim to generate profit for their owners and investors. These colleges offer career training and degrees, but they've been subject to criticism and, in some ...

Alleging a pattern of financially exploitative tactics, a group of southeastern Wisconsin lawmakers wants the state to tighten its regulation of for-profit colleges. A group of about 15 people, ...

Students may now get a warning from the U.S. Education Department about the colleges they are considering when they apply for federal financial aid. Students may now get a warning from the U.S.

Today’s Senate hearing about for-profit colleges provides something to think about for anyone who feels privatization is the Great Solution to what ails the U.S. education system. We’ve already heard ...

A trio of Democratic lawmakers want to arm prospective students with a warning list of for-profit colleges that engage in illegal activities. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A nationwide settlement affects thousands of students in Illinois. Some of their loan debt will be forgiven from two for-profit schools, owned by the same company. Now another ...