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Here are the top 10 for-profit colleges in the U.S.

University Business

Factoring into the rankings are faculty resources, student enrollment and retainment, school reputation, and spending per student on instruction, to name but a few. The second-top school, Colorado Technical University, was regarded as the best online and non-traditional university for veterans in 2013, 2014, and 2016 by Military Times.

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EdTech Malaise: “He Not Busy Born is Busy Dying”

eLiterate

Despite all of the complaints about how bad textbooks are and how clueless these companies are, the relationship between textbook publishers and faculty is unusually intimate. You can fairly accuse the textbook publishers of many different faults and sins, but not taking faculty input seriously isn’t one of them.

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Coursera is Evolving into a Third-Wave EdTech Company

eLiterate

I remember talking to Daphne Koller about this circa 2014 (in front of one of those ridiculous fountains in the Swan and Dolphin Hotel at a Sloan-C conference). The Coursera platform, writ large , connects universities, learners, government agencies, megacorporations, and local employers. 2U might; it’s hard to tell right now. [sic]

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Report: U of Arkansas system may buy University of Phoenix

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The University of Arkansas System is considering a transaction in which it would transform the for-profit University of Phoenix into an independent nonprofit affiliate, spokespeople for both institutions have confirmed. “Being private equity owned, you’re always having that conversation,” Smiley said.

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Biden Administration Forgives $37B of Debt for University of Phoenix Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students who took out loans to attend the for-profit University of Phoenix under the belief that the school offered them unique job opportunities at top organizations will have their debt forgiven, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.