{"id":59346,"date":"2017-04-28T12:15:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T16:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=59346"},"modified":"2017-05-03T16:38:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T20:38:47","slug":"very-interesting-purdue-university-to-acquire-kaplan-university-wsj-coms-belkin-korn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2017\/04\/28\/very-interesting-purdue-university-to-acquire-kaplan-university-wsj-coms-belkin-korn\/","title":{"rendered":"Very interesting: Purdue University to Acquire Kaplan University [wsj.com&#8217;s Belkin &#038; Korn]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/purdue-university-to-acquire-kaplan-university-1493304763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Purdue University to Acquire Kaplan University<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from wsj.com by Douglas Belkin and Melissa Korn<br \/>\n<em>Purdue President Mitch Daniels calls deal major push into online education<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Purdue University, a flagship public institution in Indiana, is jumping into online education by buying for-profit Kaplan University with the aim of creating a new, public online university.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2017-04-27-purdue-buys-for-profit-kaplan-university-for-1-to-create-new-kind-of-public-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Purdue Buys For-Profit Kaplan University for $1 to Create New Kind of Public University<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from edsurge.com b<span class=\"byline\">y Jeffrey R. Young<br \/>\n<em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"byline\">It\u2019s kind of a head-spinner. Purdue University agreed today to buy one of the largest for-profit universities, Kaplan University, and turn it into a public, non-profit university in the Purdue system. Except that this new public university will apparently operate without state funding (though financial aid will be available to students).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">The sale price for Kaplan University\u2019s 15 campuses was $1, though with one important catch: The new nonprofit university operated by Purdue promised to give a percentage of its revenue back to its former owner, Kaplan, Inc., for the next 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Addendum on 5\/3\/17:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Purdue-s-Purchase-of-Kaplan\/239931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Purdue\u2019s Purchase of Kaplan Is a Big Bet \u2014 and a Sign of the Times<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from chronicle.com by Goldie Blumenstyk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purdue University to Acquire Kaplan University &#8212; from wsj.com by Douglas Belkin and Melissa Korn Purdue President Mitch Daniels calls deal major push into online education Excerpt: Purdue University, a flagship public institution in Indiana, is jumping into online education by buying for-profit Kaplan University with the aim of creating a new, public online university. 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