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For-Profit Westwood Online Sued By Former Students

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Westwood Online told teen-aged Amanda Krol in 2004 that if she earned an online Westwood bachelors degree, she could expect to make over $100,000 per year, Krol alleges in a new lawsuit against the for profit college, according to the Denver Post. Instead, Krol says in her lawsuit, she spent $86,000 on an online criminal justice degree and has yet to find a job; she says Westwood did not live up to pre-enrollment promises to help her find employment, the Post reports.
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College Students in Short Online Course Perform Better than in Semester-Long Distance Class

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A new study comparing short online courses with traditional, semester-long online classes finds college students in shorter classes, also known as accelerated online classes, perform much better academically. However, the students are dissatisfied with the amount of teacher contact they receive. Study authors Janet Ferguson of Canisius College and Amy DeFelice of City University of New York compared a group of graduate students taking a five-week online summer intensive course with those taking the same online class for a full semester. Both the short online course and the longer course were taught by the same instructor.{{ad46}} The study is believed to be the first comparing shorter versus longer online course formats. Among its findings:
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For Profit Online Colleges Could Be Limited By Proposed New Federal Student Loan Rules

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The U.S. Dept. of Education is considering stricter requirements covering federal student loans in the wake of an investigation into deceptive marketing practices by for-profit online colleges and on-ground schools. The rules changes could put a dent into the profitability of the for-profit college industry, which received $26.5 billion in guaranteed federal student loans in 2009.
Learn more about government action in the wake of the GAO report into for profit colleges

Video Technology in Online Classes Desired By 60 Percent – GetEducated.com Web Poll

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Video technology in online classes is favored by almost two-thirds of those responding to a recent GetEducated.com web poll. When asked “Which technology would you like in online classes?” a third—34.2 percent—picked video podcasts. This compares with just 10 percent who wanted audio-only podcasts. Another 25 percent of those who answered the poll chose videoconferencing, meaning that overall, video technology was preferred by 60 percent. {{RightSponsor53}}
See more poll results and study findings about the value of video technology in online classes

For Profit Online Colleges Named in Government Investigation of Education Fraud, Deceptive Marketing

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By GetEducated.com Consumer Reporting Team \| August 10, 2010

Three primarily online colleges—the University of Phoenix, Kaplan University, and Argosy University—were among 15 for-profit colleges targeted by an undercover government investigation that uncovered possible education fraud and deceptive marketing practices. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) probed both online colleges and on-ground for-profit colleges from May 2010 through July 2010, using “secret shoppers” to pose as prospective applicants. Congress is investigating for-profit colleges because they receive about one-fourth of federal education loans ($20 billion in 2009). The GAO findings were revealed in Senate hearings in early August. Among the findings:
Findings of the GAO report on for-profit college recruiting and marketing tactics

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