Enrollment at private universities in Palm Beach County shot up this past year while those in the public sphere were stagnant or barely changed. The private schools credit their efforts to recruitment — from special attention to students visiting campus to reaching out to students as far away as Sri Lanka.
IE, which stands for International Excellence, is a private university founded in 1997. Its first program in Florida will be taught in its new office in the Blue Lagoon area and online, the Business Journal said.
The strength of America’s private universities means that the nation will continue to lead world higher education despite Asia’s rise – but US public universities are falling far behind those private institutions.
"Private colleges and universities are expected to post higher net tuition revenue growth (2.5 percent) than their public counterparts (2 percent) in the 2017 fiscal year"
"In early 2015, 15 students at Corinthian Colleges, then one of the largest for-profit college chains, formed a group called the Corinthian 15 and pledged to strike until their student loans were discharged. Corinthian Colleges shuttered its doors just months later, displacing roughly 16,000 students."
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