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 of their agreement. The deal, […]
Read MoreHIGHER 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. District Court for the District […]
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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 top officials at for-profit institutions […]
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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. Justice Department completes an investigation […]
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