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Fate of EDU For-Profits: A look into recent enrollment changes and shut downs

By Phil Hill. Posted on January 6, 2019

Continuing transformation of former large for-profit systems, with eye-squinting graphics

Fall 2017 Top 30 Largest Online Enrollments In US – With LMS Usage and Trends Since 2012

By Phil Hill. Posted on November 17, 2018

A view of the 30 largest enrollments for students taking at least one online course in Fall 2017, with LMS usage and trends since 2012

The Massive Decline In Larger Education Company Market Caps

By Phil Hill. Posted on January 14, 2016

After our coverage of Blackboard’s CEO change last week, we were both interviewed by the Washington Business Journal, with the following lede: Analysts and sources I spoke with Monday, both on and off the record, said the decision to bring on Bill Ballhaus as CEO was a combination of Bhatt failing to make progress building […]

Parent Company of University of Phoenix Could Be Sold to Owner of McGraw-Hill Education

By Phil Hill. Posted on January 11, 2016

Apollo Education Group, parent company of the University of Phoenix as well as Apollo Global, is in “advanced talks” to be purchased by Apollo Global Management, owner of McGraw-Hill Education and of Cengage debt. Got that? To clarify, the Apollo Education Group is the parent company of the University of Phoenix, and they have a […]

LMS Market Updates, Dec 2015

By Phil Hill. Posted on December 10, 2015

There seems to be a series of news and analysis on the LMS higher education market worth summarizing. Major Adoption News I posted last weekend about University of Phoenix (UoP) and their LMS. UoP is well-known for being the biggest user of a homegrown LMS for well over a decade, but in the past several years […]

Exclusive: University of Phoenix moving from homegrown platform to Blackboard Learn Ultra

By Phil Hill. Posted on December 5, 2015

The University of Phoenix has a history of using its scale to develop and rely on homegrown platforms, including the  adaptive learning platform branded as “Classroom”. I wrote about this investment in 2013. The full significance of the University of Phoenix bet on adaptive learning platforms goes beyond pure dollars and became clear when the […]

U of Phoenix: Losing hundreds of millions of dollars on adaptive-learning LMS bet

By Phil Hill. Posted on June 30, 2015

It would be interesting to read (or write) a post mortem on this project some day. Two and a half years ago I wrote a post describing the University of Phoenix investment of a billion dollars on new IT infrastructure, including hundreds of millions of dollars spent on a new, adaptive-learning LMS. In another post I […]

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