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And once colleges are aware of the problem, the process of closely scrutinizing applications and monitoring students’ behavior once enrolled can cost an enormous amount of time and effort for admissions officials, faculty members, IT teams and others.
As of Oct. 31, Webster continued to highlight its physical offerings, which combined with its online coursework makes the university “uniquely positioned to serve the educational needs of active-duty military.”
Our client, Jaime Maldonado, remembers nearly ten years ago when Harris, then her state's attorney general, announced findings of significant misconduct against thenow-defunct Corinthian Colleges.
Some of that was out of necessity, because there is no in-person interaction with students at WGU, but some was by design as the university’s early leaders took a technology-forward approach.
“The initiative will deepen the CSU’s relationship and alignment with industry partners and benefit California’s workforce by strengthening the pipeline of career-ready graduates to fill critical positions in growing fields,” according to documents from a previous board meeting.
“For trained historians, the implications of such changes are far-reaching and include: the threat of redundancy; reduced scope for innovative teaching and research; greater inequality between institutions; and a diminishing of history’s influence and contribution beyond the university sector,” warns the report, which adds that students, too, will find their opportunities more limited.
They based a college’s affordability on whether the average in-state students’ federal financial aid awards, family contributions and 12 weeks of full-time minimum wage work could cover the institution’s total price, plus $300 in emergency expenses.