Online Learning Update

by the Chronicle of Higher Ed

Purdue University’s Board of Trustees is expected to buy the for-profit Kaplan University, which is a division of Graham Holdings Company. The surprise announcement was made in a corporate filing by the company on Thursday morning. According to the filing, Kaplan will become a new “nonprofit, public-benefit corporation” called “New University.” It continues: “New University will operate as a new Indiana public university, as authorized by the Indiana legislature, affiliated with Purdue University and focused on expanding access to education for non-traditional adult learners.”

http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/purdue-u-is-expected-to-buy-mega-for-profit-kaplan-u-turn-it-into-a-public-university/