PITTSBURGH, — Education Management Corporation (EDMC), one of the largest providers of post-secondary education in North America, today announced that it has completed the first of two steps in the Restructuring Support Agreement it entered into with debt holders on Sept. 4, 2014. In connection with the comprehensive debt restructuring transaction, including the completion of […]
America’s education system led the world in the 20th Century — we sent generations to college, and cultivated the most educated workforce in the world, which supported an unparalleled period of economic growth and rising middle class incomes. Since then, other countries have followed our lead to develop globally competitive education systems. America must lead the world […]
WASHINGTON – The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and the American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT) are partnering to invigorate chemistry education and support STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education in the nation’s schools. Dow and AACT will work together to convene a series of teacher summits and create more than 750 lesson plans, multimedia […]
Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO) today announced that it has retained investment bank Parchman, Vaughan & Company, LLC to pursue the divestiture of its Le Cordon Bleu North America colleges of culinary arts. The decision to pursue the divestiture was the result of an ongoing portfolio review that Career Education has undertaken to evaluate the […]
The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Justice (DOJ) today released joint guidance reminding states, school districts and schools of their obligations under federal law to ensure that English learner students have equal access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to achieve their full academic potential. “Four decades ago, the U.S. Supreme Court held […]
MILWAUKEE, – Renewable energy expert Deyang Qu has been named as the Johnson Controls Endowed Professor in Energy Storage Research, a collaborative appointment between the company, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Engineering. He begins his new duties in Milwaukee January 15. “I […]
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today that it has entered into a resolution agreement with Harvard University and its Law School after finding the Law School in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for its response to sexual harassment, including sexual assault. “I am very […]
Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the award of Partnership for Education: Learning, USAID’s flagship education project in Ghana, to FHI 360, an international human development NGO. Through the Learning project, the American people are investing $71 million to support Ghana’s educational institutions over five years to improve, expand, and sustain learning […]
Washington, D.C. – Taking significant additional steps to ensure that the nation’s schools and libraries have access to robust high-speed broadband connections, the Federal Communications Commission today approved further modernization of its E-rate program, the nation’s largest program supporting education technology. Broadband is transforming 21st Century education and life-long learning. The Commission is implementing a […]
Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO) today announced that it has retained investment bank Parchman, Vaughan & Company, LLC to pursue the divestiture of its Le Cordon Bleu North America colleges of culinary arts. The decision to pursue the divestiture was the result of an ongoing portfolio review that Career Education has undertaken to evaluate the […]
