Tuesday, November 29, 2011

GAO Sting Operation Follows Planted "Student" Enrollment Attempts at 15 for-profit Universities - Paul Fain, Inside Higher ed

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released results from a second undercover “secret shopper” investigation of for-profit colleges, this time attempting to enroll a fictitious student online at 15 unnamed institutions. The findings were mixed, but investigators uncovered problems with how seven of the colleges handled online course grading, academic dishonesty, or students’ exit counseling.