The Failings of Online For-Profit Colleges: Findings from Student Borrower Focus Groups

Autor/inn/en	Howarth, Robin; Stifler, Lisa
Institution	Brookings Institution
Titel	The Failings of Online For-Profit Colleges: Findings from Student Borrower Focus Groups
Quelle	(2019), (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Failure; Proprietary Schools; Focus Groups; Outcomes of Education; Consumer Education; Public Colleges; Outsourcing; Online Courses; At Risk Students; Distance Education; Federal Regulation; State Regulation; Enrollment Management; African Americans; Disproportionate Representation; Income; Student Recruitment; Educational Quality; Debt (Financial); Females; Part Time Students; Loan Repayment; Federal Legislation; Veterans; Educational Legislation; Adults; Labor Market; Student Experience; Florida (Orlando) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Konsumerziehung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bundeskompetenz; Staatliche Lenkung; Afroamerikaner; Einkommen; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Part-time students; Teilzeitstudent; Bundesrecht; Kriegsteilnehmer; Veteran; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Studienerfahrung
Abstract	This report addresses the trend of for-profit colleges going exclusively online or contracting with nonprofit (mostly public) colleges to run their online programs. Using results from focus groups of for-profit student borrowers, we explore the risks that this rapid shift entails for students already vulnerable to poor outcomes. The Department of Education is seeking to weaken accountability for distance education (online) providers that enroll students across wide geographies. This approach will increase risks for students and the federal student loan program. The Department of Education should increase oversight, and states should also act to protect consumers that are enrolled in online college programs, particularly those that are for-profit, irrespective of the home state of the online program provider. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01