"They are getting tuition dollars and not having to spend instructional dollars".
Getting tuition while students learn on the job is a good deal for colleges financially, but it also creates new oversight responsibilities that, research suggests, many colleges are ignoring.
People are getting tuition increases, some faculty are facing layoffs, it just doesn't look too good for presidents, no matter how capable they are, to be getting so much money.
As the head of the nation's largest private foundation focused on increasing the number of college graduates, I can tell you that America's economic future hinges on getting tuition under control and significantly increasing the number of citizens with postsecondary degrees.
On January 15, after intensive pressure by McCain and by lawyers for the University of Phoenix, the Pentagon did indeed back down, lifting a temporary ban on the company recuriting on military bases and getting tuition assistance for troops, while keeping it on tighter monitoring for two years.
It's really a job -- you'll be doing it full-time and getting paid (or at least getting tuition free!).
