Edsurge
AUGUST 7, 2020
Except that Ashford’s parent company will end up paying millions to Arizona to make it happen, leading New America’s Kevin Carey, the group’s director of education policy programs, to argue in a widely shared Tweet that “it’s not really a purchase at all.” In 2017, Purdue University bought Kaplan University , also for $1.
Edsurge
JUNE 18, 2017
Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best. As recently as 1997, only 27 percent of America’s K-12 school had internet access—a number that skyrocketed to 92 percent by 2003. Kaplan thrived during the decade, growing to more than $2.8
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Edsurge
JUNE 1, 2017
Cottom, who recently wrote the book “Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy,” is talking about what can happen when traditional non-profit universities partner with for-profit companies and institutions, such as Purdue’s recent decision to acquire Kaplan University. Do you agree?
Edsurge
DECEMBER 21, 2021
Education policy leaders at the federal level and beyond were exploring the growing role of competency-based education and non-traditional providers —and calls were growing for stronger connections between universities and the world of employment. To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 25, 2022
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Edsurge
MAY 10, 2017
In our founding class year, we had this policy. That makes me curious to hear your thoughts about the Purdue announcement a couple weeks ago where Purdue is going to buy Kaplan University, a for-profit, for $1 dollar to flip that to a Purdue campus, a state university. Where do you see things going in terms of accessibility and scale?"
Edsurge
MARCH 1, 2017
Charisse Taylor , senior director of policy and implementation at NYC Department of Education, will share resources, templates and other activities aimed at helping educators create new CS programs that are “diverse by design.” DeSchryver and Cavanagh will look at how ESSA is guiding the work of edtech companies now and in the future.
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