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The inability to meet campus enrollment requirements was a key factor in the Ashford University Board of Trustees' decision to call for the campus closure. [citation needed] In 2017, Ashford University school faced the potential loss of GI Bill funding [28] [29] as enrollment decreased more than 50 percent from its peak in 2011.
On April 14, 2019, NBC News Investigates reported on for-profit colleges that target veterans. The online version mentioned Full Sail University, Ashford University, Colorado Technical University, and University of Phoenix. [78] In 2019, Accreditor WASC approved Ashford University's conversion to a non-profit.
Some high schools, to reflect the varying skill required for different course levels, will give higher numerical grades for difficult courses, often referred to as a weighted GPA. For example, two common conversion systems used in honors and Advanced Placement courses are: A = 5 or 4.5; B = 4 or 3.5 [5] C = 3 or 2.5; D = 2 or 1.5; F = 0 [19]
The Department of Education is discharging $72 million in student loans for over 2,300 former students who attended Ashford University after the department found the online for-profit school made ...
Accreditor WASC approved Ashford University's conversion to a non-profit. Its parent company, Zovio, continued to be a publicly traded for-profit college company. [94] In December 2020, Congress passed a bill that improved safeguards for veterans exploited by predatory colleges. [95]
Ivy-Plus admissions rates vary with the income of the students' parents, with the acceptance rate of the top 0.1% income percentile being almost twice as much as other students. [234] While many "elite" colleges intend to improve socioeconomic diversity by admitting poorer students, they may have economic incentives not to do so.
Ashworth College headquarters in Peachtree Corners, Georgia. Since its founding in 1987, Professional Career Development Institute (PCDI) developed distance-learning programs for its high school, career, and degree programs.
Some US universities also provide guidance for converting different grading systems into 4.0 scale grading. For example, UC Berkeley has a GPA Conversion chart for non-US grading systems. [4] The lower grade ranges in 0-100 scale are given higher grades than usual in 4.0 scale for Chinese grading systems.