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Top Official Wants to Ease Accreditors’ Oversight Role
Dan Bauman The Chronicle of Higher Education Speaking to an audience of accreditors and university representatives on Wednesday, the federal government’s top higher-education official said clarifying the role of accrediting institutions was a major goal for him. Ted Mitchell, the under secretary of education, told attendees at a workshop held by the Council for Higher
Corinthian Colleges’ Closure Raises Questions
Dan Bauman, Goldie Blumenstyk, and Sara Jerde The Chronicle of Higher Education The U.S. Department of Education and Corinthian Colleges may have agreed on a way to keep the for-profit education company’s colleges open for the time being, but almost everything else about Corinthian and its fate is up in the air. And the fallout
Are boomers ready for retirement?
Dan Bauman The St. Louis Business Journal Louis Fischer is keeping a close eye on his expenses after retirement — an event that won’t happen for a few more years down the road. As construction superintendent with hotel builder Drury Development Corp., Fischer started to put money in his 401(k) and didn’t touch it during
ObamaCare increases consultants’ demand
Dan Bauman The St. Louis Business Journal Like many businesses, Clayco Inc. has been gearing up for key features of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that kick in Jan. 1, 2014. Russ Burns, president of the Chicago-based development firm with a 706-person branch in St. Louis, said the company already offers health insurance to its
43 years: Webster’s 20 residential properties
Dan Bauman and Megan Favignano The Journal at Webster University In 1958, Juanita Hibbett and her husband moved into what Hibbett describes as a modest, but comfortable, house on the 400 block of Catalina Avenue in Webster Groves. Hibbett and her husband raised their four children in the home. In 2011, Hibbett sold it to
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