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Cash-Cow Universities For-profits are growing fast and making money. Do students get what they pay for?   |
BusinessWeek
December 30, 2009
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For-Profit Colleges Target the Military Online universities are raking in millions by signing up soldiers as students. But how valuable is the education they're delivering? |
Reason
July 2008
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Education for Profit Many of the criticisms about the University of Phoenix are technically accurate. But much of what academic traditionalists see as problems, Phoenix advertises proudly as solutions. |
BusinessWeek
April 30, 2010
Daniel Golden |
The Homeless at College For-profit schools are tapping shelters and halfway houses for new students, loading them with debt and leaving taxpayers on the hook. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2009
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Will Uncle Sam Change For-Profit Schools' Rules? For-profit educators could face greater government intervention. |
Job Journal
March 14, 2010 |
Making the Grade...with an Online Degree With nearly 200 universities and colleges now offering Web-based classes, online education programs have come of age. |
Fast Company
December 2009
Anya Kamenetz |
For-Profit Universities Want Some Respect For-profit higher-education programs are booming -- even Jack Welch has signed on to offer an executive MBA program bearing his name. Can market-driven schools award online diplomas that graduates are proud of? |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Career Education Gets Detention, Again! Following settlement of an Education Department inquiry, the Department of Justice starts investigating the country's second-largest for-profit chain of colleges. Further delays can only be bad news for Career Education, and even worse tidings for investors seeking satisfactory returns. |
The Motley Fool
January 4, 2006
Rich Smith |
Fools Want to Know, With Apollo Group An interview with the for-profit educator's CEO Todd Nelson on the company, its business practices and its stock. |
Reason
December 2008 |
Letters Letters to the Editor: The Uses of Hyperbole... Education for Profit... |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2011
Charly Travers |
Buying Opportunities in For-Profit Education Do your homework to find the investment opportunities within the for-profit education industry. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2011
Brian Stoffel |
Why I'm Staying Away From For-Profit Education. There are a number of forces working against the industry. |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2006
Rich Smith |
Apollo, Was It Something We Said? The chairman and CEO resigns just one week after a published interview with him. Investors have many reasons to give this company its premium valuation. Here is a reprint of the article outlining this for-profit education stand-out. |
Mother Jones
February 2001
Eyal Press & Jennifer Washburn |
Digital Diplomas Welcome to the brave new world of higher education, where profesors are 'content experts,' classes are 'courseware,' and students are customers. But just what is a dot-com degree worth? |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2011
Brian Stoffel |
Here Are 2 Diamonds In the Rough Let's take a look at new student enrollment in for-profit education. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2004
Rich Smith |
ITT COO AWOL ITT Educational's president and Chief Operating Officer Omer Waddles resigns in the midst of a federal investigation. The array of risks for ITT shareholders is frightening to behold. |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Education Stocks Flunk Grade Separate probes into alleged accounting improprieties at Corinthian Colleges and Career Education have caused the entire for-profit sector to flunk. |
BusinessWeek
November 4, 2010
Daniel Golden |
Online Colleges Target Veterans Washington Post Co.'s for-profit college, Kaplan University, has used the prestige of its parent to attract veterans and their federal aid. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2011
Brian Stoffel |
Are These Education Stocks About to Fail? Dig deeper to see how these schools are funded. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Corinthian Gets Detention The for-profit educator's stock-option probe is only its latest operational mishap. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2004
Rich Smith |
Is ITT in Trouble? Plaintiffs' accusations are taking shape and that bodes very badly for ITT and its shareholders. |
Searcher
May 2006
Barbie E. Keiser |
Beyond ERIC: The Early Years (Part 3) As education moves us from the realm of the child to the adult, the emphasis of the resources shifts from education to learning, with greater responsibility placed on the student for finding, using, sharing, and expanding knowledge in a particular discipline. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2007
Dean Foust |
Even Cozier Deals On Campus Joining forces with banks, colleges are now cashing in on student debit cards. |
BusinessWeek
September 2, 2010
Greg Bensinger |
Student Loan Scrutiny Could Hurt Washington Post The Washington Post's Kaplan education unit may be battered by a crackdown on loan repayment rules. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
For-Profit Education Company Shares Popped: What You Need to Know For-profit education companies popped after the Department of Education released new regulations that were not as harsh as the draft version. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2011
Katie Spence |
Are These Smarties Headed for Disaster? For-profit education gets an F! If Congress does cut funding, it'll result in reduced student populations and an increase in operating costs. |
Job Journal
December 3, 2006
Rich Heintz |
Public vs. Private Colleges Are you better off attending a public or private school? |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2011
Robert Eberhard |
For-Profit Schools Aren't All Bad A perspective on for-profit education from an alumnus of both non-profit and for-profit education. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2011
Dan Newman |
For-Profit Education Needs a Semester Abroad Domestic regulations are hurting for-profit schools, and the solution is in other countries. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2012
Brian Stoffel |
Was I Completely Wrong About For-Profit Education? Our analyst takes a second look at the industry's ability to disrupt. |
Fast Company
December 2009
Anya Kamenetz |
For-Profit Colleges and the Student-Loan-Default Gap The Government Accountability Office reported in September that students at for-profits are much more likely to default on student loans. |
BusinessWeek
January 6, 2011
John Hechinger |
For-Profit College Grads Also Earn a Life of Debt The schools leave students more indebted than conventional colleges |
Job Journal
January 11, 2009 |
The Course of Your Career Jobs may be hard to find, but opportunities to improve your job skills are not. |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2006
Rich Smith |
Too Cool for School? Investors, for-profit educators were once the darlings of Wall Street. Their markets seemed limitless, their revenues and profits soared, and their stock prices shot up with them. Those times are gone, but the potential for profit remains. ITT Educational Services... etc. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2010
Brian Stoffel |
Don't Go Anywhere Near This Stock Just because Apollo Group's stock is down doesn't mean it can't drop further. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
Are These Stocks Finally Cheap Enough? Has all the bad news been baked into for-profit educators? |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
These Schools Are Getting Schooled Weak student loan repayments are crushing post-secondary educators. |
Job Journal
November 9, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Postsecondary Teachers College-level instructors enjoy a class of students more eager to learn. |
BusinessWeek
February 9, 2004
William C. Symonds |
Colleges: The Newest U.S. Export American schools are bringing their campuses to students abroad. |
Job Journal
December 4, 2005
Julia Hollister |
Careers on Campus Because colleges and universities are basically small communities with small-town needs, they employ a wide range of well-paid non-teaching professionals. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2012
Brian Stoffel |
A Fool Hedges His Bets One analyst changes his outlook on for-profit education. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2010
Brian D. Pacampara |
For-Profit Educators Plunged: What You Need to Know Is this meaningful? Or just another movement? |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005 |
A Talk With Apollo Group's CEO Todd Nelson on why he settled federal charges and on his big expansion plans. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2005
Ellen Dowling |
Has Career Education Learned Its Lesson? The online provider of higher education toughs it out with government probes but appears to reward investors who grade on the curve. |
AskMen.com
Thomas Bey |
5 Things You Didn't Know About Online Degrees Legitimate degrees obtained online have been dismissed as less prestigious than those earned in a brick-and-mortar classroom. This is beginning to change as the overall curriculum quality is improving. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2001
Neil Terry |
Assessing Enrollment and Attrition Rates for the Online MBA The purpose of this paper is to examine enrollment and attrition rates associated with online courses, based on the experience of a regional MBA program that has been offering instruction over the Internet for three years... |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can Apollo Graduate With Honors? The for-profit educator has an attractive franchise, but there are a few chinks in the armor. Investors, take note. |
CRM
May 2011
Leonard Klie |
Higher Education Increases Marketing Schools shift focus to generate more inquiries in-house and boost technology investments. |
Registered Rep.
January 23, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Five Secrets Colleges Are Keeping From You While universities may lure students with fancy brochures, luxury housing and scenic architecture, the reality is that colleges are high-stakes businesses preoccupied with enhancing their own prestige. |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2011
Gary Cassady |
Before You Invest in For-Profit Education Double-digit dives in new student enrollment sent for-profit education stocks tumbling on Monday. |
