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The mindboggling barriers that colleges create — and that end up hurting their own students

The Hechinger Report

Nancy Lee Sanchez, in red, executive director of the Kaplan Educational Foundation, with students she advises. One university system charges a $70 “application fee” to students transferring from one campus to another after a semester away. I think the majority of higher education is complacent” about their dropouts, he said.

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Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan University to Purdue for $1

Edsurge

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?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” There are more stories about Purdue University Global, formerly the for-profit Kaplan University, in the “labor and management” section below. ” Via the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette : “More than $300,000 spent on high-tech parking management system at UA.” Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education last week outlined changes to civil rights investigations that advocates fear will mean less consistent findings of systemic discrimination at colleges.” An op-ed in Inside Higher Ed from EAB’s Melanie Hoe : “What the Purdue-Kaplan Deal Means for You.”