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The cost of private colleges is high, yet many low-income students still choose them

University Business

While most California college students attend a public college or university, roughly 160,000 undergraduates pursue degrees at private nonprofit universities such as Chapman University, Loyola Marymount University, Stanford and the University of Southern California.

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3 Reasons We Joined the edX/2U University Partner Advisory Council

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Learning Innovation Last week, the three of us participated in the first in-person meeting of edX/2U’s recently constituted University Partner Advisory Council (UPAC). Separately and together, we sit on a number of advisory groups/councils of for-profit companies working with nonprofit universities in the online learning space.

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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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How 2 of higher ed’s most challenging trends are causing pain this fall

University Business

“It’s a dicey thing in terms of trying to hold on to your program principles, values, and criteria on the one hand, and yet you’re being given a different message over here.” The first college closure this academic year Hodges University, the small private nonprofit university in Naples and Fort Myers, Fla.,

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