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Report: U of Arkansas system may buy University of Phoenix

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The University of Arkansas System is considering a transaction in which it would transform the for-profit University of Phoenix into an independent nonprofit affiliate, spokespeople for both institutions have confirmed. “Being private equity owned, you’re always having that conversation,” Smiley said.

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

Higher Education Inquirer

[Editor's note: This article originally appeared on Republic Report.] About a dozen years ago, owners of some of the biggest, worst-acting for-profit colleges began concocting, with their eager, high-paid lawyers, schemes to convert their schools into non-profits.

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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. Harvard Lawsuit and Admissions. This also is an opportune time to get out the crystal ball to contemplate what might happen in 2019.