After watching Declining by Degrees the other night, this looks like the perfect antidote. Declining by Degrees left me feeling somewhat hopeless about the state of higher education and the public's lack of support for it.
Paul On May 4, 2010, at 8:05 AM, Christopher D. Green wrote: > From today's Inside Higher Ed. > Chris Green > ============== > > Public TV Takes on For-Profit Colleges > > Airing tonight on PBS at 9 p.m. is Frontline's College, Inc., an hour-long > look at for-profit higher education, its investors, and the U.S. Department > of Education's efforts to regulate it. For close readers of Inside Higher Ed, > the documentary won't bring much new to the table. It tells stories of > students plunging deep into debt and unable to get jobs, touches on > traditional academe's criticisms, and looks at the negotiated rule-making > process aimed at reining in abuses of the Title IV federal financial aid > system, with a particular focus on career colleges. > > But it is likely to garner lots of attention -- from ordinary Americans, > think tankers and Congressional staffers -- and to stir up press releases, > editorials and conversations that will skew against the for-profit > institutions just as the Education Department ratchets up its criticisms of > the sector. The storyline is more balanced than many major-media examinations > of for-profit colleges, but it's still a less-than-favorable depiction of the > sector. > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=2431 > or send a blank email to > leave-2431-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2432 or send a blank email to leave-2432-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
