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Report: U of Arkansas system may buy University of Phoenix

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In 2019, the institution and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement following a five-year investigation into whether the university engaged in deceptive advertising by falsely touting its relationships with big employers; the agreement did not include an admission of wrongdoing.

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

The Change Leader, Inc.

In 2018, we saw four big themes: marketplace dynamics; Washington follies; higher ed governance failures (which includes higher eds version of #MeToo); and the Harvard admissions lawsuit. Some of those mergers were huge ( Purdue acquiring Kaplan , Strayer acquiring Capella, National University System acquiring Northcentral ).