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Predatory Colleges, Converted To Non-Profit, Are Failing (David Halperin, Republic Report)

Higher Education Inquirer

In contrast to Zovio’s fate, Graham Holdings has not been forced out of the 2017 deal in which it sold predatory for-profit Kaplan University to an Indiana state institution, Purdue University. million — perhaps more than the school, structured as a non-profit associated with Purdue University, would be able to pay.

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Reflections on 2018 and Predictions for 2019: with Drumm McNaughton | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 012

The Change Leader, Inc.

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos reinstated ACICS accreditation authority this year in a process that had many missteps. However, the most egregious was that the departments senior official who made the case for ACICS reinstatement is a former lobbyist who worked with for-profit universities, a clear conflict of interest.