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Purdue-Kaplan deal blurs lines between for-profit and public colleges

  • Written by Kevin Kinser, Professor of Education Policy Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Purdue Global is the name of a new online education venture that involves Purdue and Kaplan universities.Shutterstock.com

As far as universities go, Kaplan and Purdue could not have been more different.

Kaplan University, which operated under parent company Graham Holdings, a $3.2 billion corporation, was part of the troubled for-profit college...

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