Marketplace K-12
FEBRUARY 5, 2016
a favorite target of critics of the for-profit school industry, has named former Catapult Learning official Stuart J. Udell most recently served as CEO of Catapult Learning Inc., On its website, Catapult Learning describes itself as the largest provider of contracted K-12 services in the United States. Udell as its CEO.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 26, 2019
At the Telstar Freshman Academy in Maine, service learning is included as part of the curriculum. Bailey Fraser, 15 (left), and her stepsister Leah Kimball, 15, volunteer with Edible Bethel during their service learning block. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter.
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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Colleges are also working to reduce their numbers of dropouts on the principle that it’s cheaper to provide the kind of support required to keep tuition-paying students than to recruit more. And for all of the work it’s done to reduce the number of dropouts, the higher education industry has so far barely moved the needle.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
Nancy Lee Sanchez, in red, executive director of the Kaplan Educational Foundation, with students she advises. A student at a Massachusetts private college learns midway through a semester that his financial aid is less than he expected. I think the majority of higher education is complacent” about their dropouts, he said.
Edsurge
MAY 16, 2017
There are many unanswered questions about the unprecedented sale of Kaplan University, a for-profit institution with several online programs but falling enrollments, to Purdue University, one of the top public universities in the nation. Is Kaplan now essentially competing with companies like 2U and other so-called ‘enabler’ providers?
The Hechinger Report
JULY 28, 2021
Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. “My We stayed open the entire time,” said Dawn Hall, the principal at Lincoln Park, which offered its students the option to learn online or in-person for most of the past school year. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report.
Hack Education
AUGUST 24, 2018
” There are more stories about Purdue University Global, formerly the for-profit Kaplan University, in the “labor and management” section below. ” There are more stories about Purdue University Global, formerly the for-profit Kaplan University, in the “labor and management” section below.
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