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Advocacy group survey: Faculty fear backlash for free speech

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four-year public and private nonprofit universities. Colm O’Muircheartaigh, a University of Chicago professor and academic director of the university’s Center for Survey Methodology, said, “SSRS is an entirely reputable research company.

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Report: U of Arkansas system may buy University of Phoenix

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A few years later, in 2020, the University of Arizona, a public land-grant institution, purchased for-profit Ashford University in a deal that included roughly 35,000 students—all online.

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

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Some of those mergers were huge ( Purdue acquiring Kaplan , Strayer acquiring Capella, National University System acquiring Northcentral ). In addition, 14 nonprofit universities closed and five merged while 36 public institutions merged or consolidated. College Closures and Rejuvenation.