University of Phoenix (UoPX) is a private for-profit university headquartered in Phoenix,Arizona. Founded in 1976,the university confers certificates and degrees at the certificate,associate,bachelor's,master's,and doctoral degree levels. It is institutionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and has an open enrollment admissions policy for many undergraduate programs. The school is currently owned by Apollo Global Management and Vistria Group,two US private-equity firms,but is in the process of being sold.
Barber–Scotia College is a private unaccredited historically black college in Concord,North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA).
SUNY Adirondack is a public community college in Queensbury,New York. It serves residents in Warren,Washington and northern Saratoga counties in New York State with over 30 academic programs of study. It was founded in 1961 as Adirondack Community College (ACC). Bachelor's and master's degree programs became available with the opening of the SUNY at Plattsburgh Queensbury Branch on the SUNY Adirondack campus. It adopted its present name on March 1,2010.
Free education is education funded through government spending or charitable organizations rather than tuition funding. Many models of free higher education have been proposed. Primary school and other comprehensive or compulsory education is free in many countries. Tertiary education is also free in certain countries,including post-graduate studies in the Nordic countries. The Article 13 of International Covenant on Economic,Social and Cultural Rights ensures the right to free education at primary education and progressive introduction of it at secondary and higher education as the right to education.
Antioch College is a private liberal arts college in Yellow Springs,Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection,the college began operating in 1852 as a non-sectarian institution;politician and education reformer Horace Mann was its first president.
Student financial aid in the United States is funding that is available exclusively to students attending a post-secondary educational institution in the United States. This funding is used to assist in covering the many costs incurred in the pursuit of post-secondary education. Financial aid is available from federal and state governments,educational institutions,and private organizations. It can be awarded in the form of grants,loans,work-study,and scholarships. In order to apply for federal financial aid,students must first complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Need-blind admission is a term used in the United States denoting a college admission policy in which an institution does not consider an applicant's financial situation when deciding admission. This policy generally increases the proportion of admitted students needing financial aid and often requires the institution to back the policy with an ample endowment or other sources of funding. Being need-blind is a statutory requirement for institutions to participate in an antitrust exemption granted by Congress which remains in effect until September 30,2022. An institution may be need-blind in any given year by policy or by circumstances.
In the United States,higher education is an optional stage of formal learning following secondary education. It is also referred as post-secondary education,third-stage,third-level,or tertiary education. It covers stages 5 to 8 on the International ISCED 2011 scale. It is delivered at 4,360 Title IV degree-granting institutions,known as colleges or universities. These may be public or private universities,research universities,liberal arts colleges,community colleges,or for-profit colleges. US higher education is loosely regulated by the government and by several third-party organizations.
The Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) was legislation signed into United States law on November 8,1965,as part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society domestic agenda. Johnson chose Texas State University,his alma mater,as the signing site. The law was intended "to strengthen the educational resources of our colleges and universities and to provide financial assistance for students in postsecondary and higher education". It increased federal money given to universities,created scholarships,gave low-interest loans for students,and established a National Teachers Corps. The "financial assistance for students" is covered in Title IV of the HEA.
The Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE) was established in 2001 on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus by former UW–Madison Chancellor David Ward.
In the United States,community colleges are primarily two-year public institutions of tertiary education. Community colleges also offer remedial education,GEDs,high school diplomas,technical degrees and certificates,and a limited number of 4-year degrees. After graduating from a community college,some students transfer to a four-year college or university to continue their studies. Community college is tuition free for selected students in 47 states,often under the name College Promise. Most community college instructors have advanced degrees,but serve as part-time low wage employees.
The higher education bubble in the United States is the concern that excessive investment in higher education could have negative repercussions in the broader economy. Although college tuition payments are rising,the supply of college graduates in many fields of study is exceeding the demand for their skills,which aggravates graduate unemployment and underemployment while increasing the burden of student loan defaults on financial institutions and taxpayers. The claim has generally been used to justify cuts to public higher education spending,tax cuts,or a shift of government spending towards law enforcement and national security. There is a further concern that having an excess supply of college graduates exacerbates political instability,historically linked to having a bulge in the number of young degree holders.
For-profit higher education in the United States refers to the commercialization and privatization of American higher education institutions. For-profit colleges have been the most recognizable for-profit institutions,but commercialization has been a part of US higher education for centuries. Privatization of public institutions has also been increasing since at least the 1980s.
New York State's Excelsior Scholarship program provides certain residents with free tuition for full-time study at its state universities:State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York (CUNY). On April 11,2017,New York became the first American state to make four-year public colleges tuition-free for those under an earnings threshold.
Tressie McMillan Cottom is an American writer,sociologist,and professor. She is currently an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (SILS),and is also an affiliate of the Center for Information,Technology,and Public Life (CITAP) at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is also an opinion columnist at The New York Times.
Higher education in the United States is an optional stage of formal learning following secondary education. Higher education,also referred to as post-secondary education,third-stage,third-level,or tertiary education occurs most commonly at one of the 4,360 Title IV degree-granting institutions,either colleges or universities in the country. These may be public universities,private universities,liberal arts colleges,community colleges,or for-profit colleges. America higher education is loosely regulated by several third-party organizations. Long-running social problems in terms of the history of the U.S. such as discrimination and poverty have significantly impacted trends in American learning over multiple decades.
College Promise is a national non-partisan campaign that supports funding the first two years of higher education,starting with community colleges in the United States. While state-level campaigns often lack funding,College Promise highlights growing concerns about unaffordable college costs and student loan debt in the United States. College Promise is an initiative of Civic Nation,a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2015.
Abigail Pamela Seldin is an American philanthropist,higher education expert,and edtech entrepreneur. She is the chief executive officer and co-founder of the Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation,and is known for founding College Abacus,a net price calculator aggregator company,which she sold to Educational Credit Management Corporation. In 2020,she founded SwiftStudent,a free financial aid tool for students.
Jennie E. Brand is an American sociologist and social statistician. She studies stratification,social inequality,education,social demography,disruptive events,and quantitative methods,including causal inference. Brand is currently Professor of Sociology and Statistics at the University of California,Los Angeles (UCLA),where she directs the California Center for Population Research and co-directs the Center for Social Statistics.
