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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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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. Changes in gainful employment and borrower defense also emerged in 2018.