Eastern gateway community college placed on probation by higher learning commission

[wow]

Thanks for the link, freeloader!

For folks who can't get past the paywall, here's the excerpt about who pays for what:

"All but 3,491 of the 46,606 students enrolled at the college take classes exclusively online. These students typically qualify for federal Pell Grants, Wurst said, and the unions make up much of the balance of the costs, with Eastern Gateway kicking in “last-dollar” scholarships."

So I think whatever I read before talked about the Eastern gateway contribution and not the Union one. It does appear that the part about a lot of the money coming from Pell grants is correct, and that the unions do not appear to be paying full price for the tuition. It would be really interesting to know the exact breakdown, if only for my own curiosity.

Also interesting to learn about the online learning management company. That explains a lot about my interactions with advisors. I wonder if that means the management company is also the one managing and implementing changes to the online learning platform.