For-Profit Colleges

Several major for-profit colleges make senior hires of officials with long histories in nonprofit higher education.

U. of Phoenix plans to 'hyper-personalize' learning experience for all 400,000 of its students by building an online learning platform that thinks.

GAO report says Education Department -- particularly in Bush administration -- did too little to enforce federal law barring commissions for college recruiters.

Partisan divide in for-profit debate intensifies as Tom Harkin's committee examines student outcomes and profit margins.

Students and employees gather in Washington to speak out against "gainful employment" regulations and Congressional action.

Sector turns to ads, rallies and big Washington names to fight Congress and the Obama administration.

(Update: Education Department officials announced Friday afternoon that they would delay until early 2011 publication of final rules aimed at...

A House panel questions the Pentagon's oversight of distance education -- particularly that offered by for-profit colleges -- for active duty service members.