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Purdue University Gets the Final Approval on Its Plan to Convert Kaplan Into a Non-Profit College
Purdue University has received full approval from the Higher Learning Commission to convert the school into a new college called Purdue Global.
Purdue University Buys a For-Profit Institution
The university has purchased the for-profit Kaplan University for $1 with plans to transform it into a non-profit Indiana public university.
Another For-Profit Education Behemoth Goes Down
Where should we go from here? By Dwyer Gunn ITT Technical Institute campus in Canton, Michigan. (Photo: Wikimedia…
An Accreditor of For-Profit Colleges May Finally Have Its Powers Revoked
Department of Education staff are moving to terminate the oversight authority of embattled for-profit college accreditor, ACICS, citing…
Who’s Regulating for-Profit Schools?
Executives from for-profit colleges. And many of them come from schools that have been under investigation.
More Bad News for For-Profit Colleges
Why presidential candidate Marco Rubio's education-reform platform makes one Pacific Standard staffer cringe.
Who Keeps Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Flowing to For-Profit College?
Accreditation agencies are supposed to make sure that colleges are putting students in a position to succeed. That’s not happening at schools overseen by one accreditor in particular.
Confessions of a For-Profit College Inspector
Young, broke, and desperate, I worked at the heart of an emerging nationwide scandal in higher education. Here's what I saw.
The Disturbing Reason Higher Education Lobbying Groups Are Supporting For-Profit Colleges
Traditional colleges and universities have become unlikely allies of the beleaguered for-profit industry as each group tries to fend off the government’s push for more accountability.