Tag: for-profit colleges

Purdue Chases the Cash

By Erik Loomis

In General

On April 27, 2017

Wow. Purdue University said Thursday it has acquired for-profit Kaplan University to extend its reach into online and adult education, an unusual move for a public institution. “None of us knows how fast or in what direction online higher education will evolve, but we know its role will grow, and we intend that Purdue be […]

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ITT Is No More

By Erik Loomis

On September 6, 2016

One of the Obama’s administration’s signature late achievements is going after for-profit colleges. Embattled for-profit college company ITT Educational Services, Inc. is officially shutti

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Today in the Neoliberal University

By Erik Loomis

On April 13, 2016

Normally, I avoid using the word “neoliberalism” whenever possible since people use it almost as irresponsibly as they use the term “genocide” to describe something they don

School Testing and For-Profit Colleges: Both Declining?

By Erik Loomis

In General

On October 27, 2015

There’s a useful slight reversal of position from President Obama and other Democratic politicians who have pushed a regimen of educational reforms, primarily constant standardized testing (or studying for those tests) that take much of the education and a whole lot of the joy of learning out of education. Obama and Arne Duncan are now […]