Sunday, January 20, 2019

Purdue U's access to adult learners - Hallie Busta , Education Dive

By the time the ink was dry on Purdue University's acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University, the higher ed sector was entrenched in two distinct camps: those who thought the deal unfairly let a for-profit college operate under the guise of a nonprofit, and those who argued the move was critical for the public land-grant university to compete in the growing online education realm. For $1, Purdue got Kaplan's some 30,000 students and 2,500 instructors, forming the basis of its online college, Purdue University Global. The deal's low price also obligates the university to share revenue from the new entity with Kaplan Higher Education, which handles several of its administrative functions, including admissions support, financial aid, marketing and advertising. https://www.educationdive.com/news/how-purdue-global-is-expanding-purdue-us-access-to-adult-learners/545554/