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Grand Canyon Education Acquires Orbis: We have new segment of OPM market
Grand Canyon University parent company isn’t playing around – buys Orbis for $362 million to fully enter OPM market
If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try To Be An OPM: Conversion of for-profits and MOOCs
Purdue/ Kaplan, Grand Canyon, Ashford U all going “nonprofit”, Coursera focuses on degrees – the common theme of recent for-profit and MOOC news? The OPM market.
The Strayer/Capella Merger and What it Means for For-Profits
The Strayer/Capella merger shows that, while for-profits are still on the defensive, they may be beginning to develop a new vision for how they can compete on quality.
First Board Meeting For Kaplan / Purdue University: Tuition Levels Set
Purdue University’s tuition changes for the online university soon to be formerly known as Kaplan give us some early hints about direction and raise questions about whether NewU will be targeting in-state as well as out-of-state students.
Purdue University Deal To Acquire Kaplan University: Interview with Trace Urdan
One of the most knowledgeable observers of the for-profit sector gives us his take on this unprecedented deal.
Recommended Reading: ED Clarifies Its Intent on State Authorization Reciprocity
Last year Russ Poulin from WCET and I wrote an essay for Inside Higher Ed (also published at e-Literate) describing and countering attempts by the Century Foundation and other activists who were arguing against the State A A coalition of consumer groups, legal aid organizations and unions object to the state of New York joining […]