And here we have another for-profit roundup
+ Wired Campus explores some important factors concerning distance education in the 21st Century, including state regulations as applicable to out-of-state colleges.
+ The Fort Worth Star-Telegram supplies its own reflection on various issues affecting area for-profit colleges:
…North Texas has become a for-profit-school flash point. In April, the Justice Department announced that Westwood College and its parent company, Alta Colleges of Denver, agreed to pay $7 million to settle a lawsuit initiated by former employees. Texas Westwood officials were accused of falsifying financial aid forms, encouraging students to cheat on placement exams and lying about job placement rates…
+ Once again, Stephen Burd of the New America Foundation provides valuable insight into abuses at some for-profit institutions.
