Edsurge

JULY 3, 2018

If Purdue University’s purchase of the for-profit Kaplan University can be thought of as a wedding, there were plenty of people in the audience shouting objections throughout the ceremony. EdSurge: What was your initial reaction to the news that Purdue University would be buying Kaplan to create an online wing?

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

In 2009, our team at Kaplan Ventures invested in a virtual reality corporate training startup that was ten years too early. Last year, only 25,000 Americans graduated from bootcamps, in comparison to two million bachelors degrees awarded.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

He also worked for 11 years at Kaplan, at one point serving as president of Kaplan K12 Learning Services, building the organization’s school division, according to biographical information released by K12. Udell nearly doubled Catapult Learning’s revenue during his tenure, K12 said in a statement.

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Hack Education

JULY 22, 2017

Within the past week, two well-known and well-established coding bootcamps have announced they’ll be closing their doors: Dev Bootcamp, owned by Kaplan Inc., 96% of those enrolled for-profit colleges, by comparison, take out loans. Two closures might not make a trend … yet. Much of the latter is federal loan money.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. ” This new school is a result of Purdue’s acquisition of the for-profit Kaplan University. More funding for coding schools in the venture capital section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2017

But doesn’t that pale in comparison to the importance of educating the future of our country? The fine print: Kaplan’s current owner, Graham Holdings, would continue to take some of the revenue from the school as it would serve as an OPM, of sorts (an online program management company), with a contract lasting 30 years.

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