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HIGHER ED DIVE Natalie Schwartz February 2, 2021 Dive Brief: Post University, a for-profit college in Connecticut, plans to acquire the for-profit American Sentinel University, the Colorado-based online nursing school announced Monday. American Sentinel will become Post’s college of nursing and health sciences. The two institutions did not disclose the financial terms […]

HIGHER ED DIVE Hallie Busta February 2, 2021 UPDATE: Feb. 2, 2021: Grand Canyon University is taking the U.S. Department of Education to court in an effort to require the federal agency to classify it as a nonprofit institution for the purpose of receiving federal financial aid. In a filing Tuesday in the U.S. […]

Inside Higher Ed Kery Murakami February 3, 2021 Concerned they are being left out of getting additional help in the next coronavirus relief package, the association representing for-profit colleges and universities said their students were helped by previous relief funding and would be helped by more aid. Eighty-four percent of 15 […]

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS February 1, 2021 ”Adtalem is overpaying for an inferior and potentially toxic asset, much like the ones the company has tried so hard to divest.” (Bloomberg) — Adtalem Global Education Inc. is being urged by two investors to halt its $1.5 billion acquisition of Walden University until the U.S. […]

Ed Surge Vera Song February 1, 2021 America’s skills gap has been widely discussed. The friction between postsecondary institutions failing to properly prepare job seekers and unrealistic employer expectations has led to seven million unfilled openings. Not surprisingly, the challenge worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic, and there are still nearly […]

Inside Higher Ed Rick Seltzer February 2, 2021 For-profit Post and American Sentinel Universities announce acquisition built on health-care offerings. The tie-up reveals factors in the nonprofit higher ed market as well. Post University, in Waterbury, Conn., plans to acquire Denver-based American Sentinel University, a deal between two for-profit institutions […]

Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz February 1, 2021 Institutions are lending their credibility to outside education providers as they seek help keeping pace with fast-changing technical fields. Coding boot camps have long been viewed as the antithesis of traditional higher education. They focus more heavily on technical training. Their programs […]

GALLUP Jonathan Rothwell, PH.D. and Megan Brenan February 1, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Student retention is critical to postsecondary schools’ ability to educate students and remain financially viable. It was a crucial issue before the coronavirus pandemic, and it became even more so in the fall of 2020, given declining […]