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” That’s Kaplan University and the Art Institutes. More on the Kaplan news via The Chronicle of Higher Education. From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” The startup is called Learning Beautiful. .”

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” 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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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

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Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. Kaplan Inc has agreed to acquire the College for Financial Planning from Apollo Education Group. Looks like Kaplan Inc isn’t getting out of for-profit higher ed altogether, even with the sale of Kaplan University to Purdue.).

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