2015年4月27日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Education News


A look at the schools Corinthian Colleges is closing

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 02:43 PM PDT

Corinthian Colleges canceled classes Monday and shut down all of its remaining 28 ground campuses, displacing about 16,000 students, less than two weeks after the Education Department announced it was ...

Teen texting and driving dips with state laws

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 12:39 PM PDT

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) - According to a new analysis of nationwide surveys, teens report less texting while driving in the years following statewide bans. Rates of texting while driving seem to be declining, "which is great," he told Reuters Health by phone. The researchers used the 2011 and 2013 rounds of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, which for the first time included questions about texting and driving over the previous 30 days. The nationally representative survey of high school students is done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Why Corinthian Colleges went belly up

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 12:05 PM PDT

Corinthian Colleges, a Santa Ana, Calif.-based for-profit education provider, announced Sunday that it will close its remaining 28 physical campuses, effective immediately. About 16,000 current students are affected by the closure. With Sunday's announcement that Corinthian will cease all operations, perhaps Corinthian's experience will be seen as a cautionary tale for other schools in the for-profit sector. The Department of Education began investigating the school's practices after Corinthian failed to address allegations of misreporting job placement and career success of its graduates last year.

Corinthian Colleges shuts its doors

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 11:36 AM PDT

Corinthian Colleges is closing all of its schools after it was accused of falsifying its finances and job placement rates.

Corinthian Colleges to shut down all 28 remaining campuses

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 04:41 AM PDT

California Attorney General Kamala Harris Announces LawsuitCorinthian Colleges will shut down all of its remaining 28 ground campuses, displacing about 16,000 students, less than two weeks after the U.S. Department of Education announced it was fining the for-profit ...


For-profit Corinthian Colleges to shut down remaining campuses

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 06:06 PM PDT

For-profit college operator Corinthian Colleges Inc, said on Sunday it will immediately shut down all its remaining campuses and cease substantially all other operations. Corinthian last year had agreed with the U.S. Department of Education to either sell or close down its campuses. Corinthian said in a statement that it is working to find other schools for the roughly 16,000 students affected by the shutdown. Earlier this month, the Department of Education fined Corinthian $30 million for misrepresenting job placement rates to students in its Heald College system.
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