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What Happens When A Public University Buys a For-Profit Online One?

Edsurge

When leaders of Purdue University wanted to move into online education, they took the unusual step of buying an existing online university, a big one with 30,000 students. It’s hard to think of another example of two more different higher education cultures placed under the same name.

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OPINION: Why Americans should not blame their local college or university for the shortfalls of the elite

The Hechinger Report

In just the past eight years, American confidence in higher education has dropped from 57 percent to 36 percent, with more saying they have “very little” confidence than a “great deal.” The “Varsity Blues” admissions scandal in 2019 perhaps epitomizes what bothers Americans about elite higher education.

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