Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities

Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities
Abbreviation APSCU
Type Trade organization
Purpose Representing for-profit colleges
Headquarters Washington, DC
Membership
 600+ for-profit colleges[1]
President
 Steve Gunderson
Website www.career.org
Formerly called
 Career College Association[2]

The Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, also known by the acronym APSCU, is a Washington, D.C. based trade organization that represented about 1,500 for-profit colleges as of January 2011.[3] It was originally known as the Career College Association, but changed its name in 2010.[4] As of July 2015, most large for-profit college chains had left the group in the previous year.[5]

The organization engages in extensive lobbying, and has vocally opposed the Obama administration's attempts to regulate for-profit colleges. Its president, Steve Gunderson, a former Republican congressman, has said that the laws proposed by Obama are "evidence of an ideological declaration of war against the private sector’s involvement in the delivery of postsecondary education."[6] In 2012, the Association brought a lawsuit against a United States Department of Education initiative aimed at improving the quality of degrees issued by for-profit colleges, which ended with Judge Rudolph Contreras striking down the regulations, which he called "arbitrary and capricious".[7] In 2014, the Association brought a second lawsuit challenging similar regulations (79 FR 64890).[8]

References

  1. ↑ "APSCU Member School Listing". APSCU website. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Lederman, Doug (20 June 2011). "Changeover for Career College Group". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Nick (22 January 2011). "For-profit college group sues to block federal rules". Washington Post. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Blumenstyk, Goldie (9 June 2010). "Career College Association to Change Its Name". Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Fain, Paul (15 July 2015). "For-Profit Group and Big Chains Part Ways". Inside Higher Education. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Bidwell, Allie (14 March 2014). "Protecting Students or Waging War? New Rule Threatens For-Profits". US News & World Report. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Breslow, Jason (2 July 2012). "Judge Blocks Key Provision of “Gainful Employment” Rules". PBS. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Hefling, Kimberly (November 6, 2014). "For-profit colleges aim to fight regulation with new lawsuit". PBS NewsHour.
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