Kaplan Inc. has been both a savior and a sore spot for The Washington Post over the past decade. The sale of the newspaper to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos leaves the for-profit education company behind, its future uncertain.
In 1999, only two private universities existed in Ghana. Now the country’s National Accreditation Board lists 43 private institutions offering degree programs, and most are Ghanaian-owned.
On the night of Aug. 5, Andrew Rosen, the chief executive officer of Kaplan Inc., sent a memo to employees about the blockbuster news that their parent company, Washington Post Co., was selling its flagship newspaper.
Even as the Washington Post saw its circulation diminish and its advertising revenues evaporate in recent years, the paper's parent company could draw on a conspicuous center of growth -- a chain of for-profit colleges known collectively as Kaplan Higher Education.
Private education stocks climbed on Thursday, led by share of Apollo Group Inc. (NYSE: APOL). DeVry, Inc. (NYSE: DV) ITT Educational Services Inc. (NYSE: ESI) and Corinthian Colleges Inc. (NYSE: COCO) also moved higher.
Esta situación, entre otras muchas repercusiones, ha permitido la creación y auge de universidades privadas que buscan dar respuesta a esa demanda, que en su mayoría no ven a la calidad educativa como pilar de su plan de estudios, ni mucho menos como un valor diferenciador que permita a sus egresados sobresalir en el también áspero mercado laboral mexicano.
El Sindicato UNDECA advirtió de una posible conspiración de algunas autoridades de la Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social (CCSS), para que la universidad privada UNIBE se encargue de 45 Ebais, administrados actualmente por la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR).
Hoy se realizará una reunión plenaria del Consejo de Rectores de Universidades Privadas (CRUP), del que participarán el ministro de Educación, Alberto Sileoni, y el secretario de Políticas Universitarias, Martín Gill. Durante el encuentro, que se hará en el campus Pilar de la Universidad Austral, se presentará a los nuevos miembros del consejo (los rectores de Isalud, Blas Pascal, Austral e Instituto de Salud Mental), se analizará el rol de la universidad privada en la reforma judicial y se evaluarán estrategias a desarrollar junto al Consejo Interuniversitario Nacional (CIN).
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has written to the institution to confirm that it continues to meet the criteria for university title, following its £200 million sale to Montagu Private Equity.
Students opting for private universities will now know which one is better. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to allow private universities in all states to seek a tag of 'University with Potential for Excellence' (UPE) under the 12th Plan. Even private colleges can now get recognition from the UGC for doing good work.
Private, for-profit colleges have joined the march of institutions that appear to be lowering their tuition as enrollment flattens out and families become increasingly price conscious.
Benefits have been disbursed to public and private nonprofit schools, as well as to for-profit universities and institutes, which collected more than $639 million by July 2010.
Education in Nigeria is nothing to write home about. The present standard is at its lowest level. Good enough, the Christian private universities have contributed, in no small measure, to the raising of the standard. However, we should ask ourselves if these private universities are meeting the needs of those who really want to acquire qualitative education but are limited financially?
The shuttering of Ivy Bridge College could dump cold water on the online aspirations of some colleges, particularly ones that prefer to play it safe with their regional accreditor.
Altius Education, a for-profit company that runs Ivy Bridge College, announced late Thursday that Tiffin University, a nonprofit institution in Ohio, has been ordered by its accreditor to stop offering associate degrees through Ivy Bridge. Those degrees have been covered by Tiffin's accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission, which according to Altius said that the Ivy Bridge programs must end by October 20.
The Thunderbird School of Global Management, based in Arizona, announced in March its pending partnership with Laureate Education Inc. Several board members have since resigned, and alumni are protesting the alliance.
The presidents of three Springfield-based colleges issued a joint statement on Tuesday, saying they will object to any "duplication of programs" if the University of Massachusetts locates a satellite campus in the city's downtown as proposed.
Professor David Millar, immediate past Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies, said government’s decision to bring private universities into the tax net would marginalise students from the three northern regions.