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CNI College Presented Distinguished Community Service Award from the California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools
Share Article SANTA ANA, Calif. (PRWEB) April 25, 2021 CNI College is honored to be selected as the California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools (CAPPS) 2021 3rd Place-Bronze Community Service Award Winner. The CAPPS Excellence in Community Service Awards were inaugurated in 2016 to recognize CAPPS Member Schools that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to their local community. The award recognizes initiatives in community service, service learning, and civic engagement that have a significant impact on the communities served by CAPPS member schools.
“Jim and I are incredibly grateful and honored to receive this prominent award from CAPPS,” said Colleen Buffington, Co-owner of CNI College. “When we started CNI College, we had a vision to provide excellence within our
Unitek College Wins Excellence in Community Service Award
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Unitek College is one of California’s reputable healthcare and nursing colleges.
Unitek College is thrilled to announce they have been selected as the CAPPS 2021 2nd Place-Silver Community Service Award Winner. NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (PRWEB) April 06, 2021 Unitek College is thrilled to announce they have been selected as the CAPPS 2021 2nd Place-Silver Community Service Award Winner. The primary mission of the California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools (CAPPS) is to serve the California private postsecondary sector by advocating for the interests of their members and students. CAPPS also promotes the image of their schools, communicate state and national issues, and offer professional development opportunities.
The dome of the California State Capitol
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The dome of the California State Capitol
March 17, 2021
California lawmakers working on how to stop fraud at for-profit colleges had to face the reality Tuesday that pushing the regulators to increase protections may end up costing students higher tuition.
While legislators pushed for the Bureau for Private and Postsecondary Education to do a better job, bureau officials revealed that it can do so only by increasing fees to the schools they oversee by, in some cases, more than 1,000%. Such fees are routinely passed on to students, officials said.
California faces a reckoning in how it regulates for-profit colleges and trade schools at a time when more students are turning to an educational industry with a long history of fraud allegations.
The Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, the troubled state agency charged with policing and licensing those schools, is scheduled for what is shaping up as a contentious legislative oversight hearing next week, with lawmakers calling for robust changes in how it operates.
“The bureau is in need of significant improvements at a time when students are suffering immensely” in economic changes brought on by the global pandemic, Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, told EdSource. “Everything is on the table.”