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Kaplan, Inc. Kaplan, Inc. is an international educational services company that provides educational and training services to colleges, universities, businesses and individuals around the world. Founded in 1938 by Stanley Kaplan, [2] the company offers a variety of test preparation, certifications, and student support services. [1]
Kaplan University. Kaplan University ( KU) was a private online for-profit university owned by Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company. It was predominantly a distance learning institution, maintaining 14 ground locations across the United States. The university was named in honor of Stanley H. Kaplan, [3] who founded Kaplan Test ...
In March 2018, Purdue University bought Kaplan University to make a nonprofit institution and a new online university called Purdue University Global. The for-profit Kaplan Higher Education still has a 30-year contract to serve Purdue Global. After an initial enrollment decline at Purdue Global Law by approximately 65 percent between 2014 and ...
1. Purdue University buys Kaplan despite predatory-lending complaints. In April 2017, Purdue University, a state university in West Lafayette, Indiana, announced that it was purchasing Kaplan ...
Reed College Reed College. In 1995, Reed College refused to participate in U.S. News & World Report annual survey. According to Reed's Office of Admissions, "Reed College has actively questioned the methodology and usefulness of college rankings ever since the magazine's best-colleges list first appeared in 1983, despite the fact that the issue ranked Reed among the top ten national liberal ...
Apollo Group owned and operated Meritus University in Canada. On January 24, 2011, citing how "enrollment will continue to be insufficient to sustain the required quality academic and student service infrastructure we and our students demand," Meritus University announced its closure, with their last classes taking place on March 14, 2011.
A state agency audit found there was no misconduct as the school had been accused of misleading students about the cost of a doctoral program. State audit finds no wrongdoing by GCU after feds ...
The committee found that $32 billion in federal funds were spent in 2009–2010 on for-profit colleges. The majority of students left without a degree and carried post-schooling debt. The report said 54% of students in bachelor's degree programs dropped out before degree completion and 63% of students in associate degree programs dropped out.